Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao had rejected the allegation of the BJP that he had insulted the Prime Minister in one of his public speeches and asked the saffron party not to cross the limits.
Springing a surprise Telangana Chief Minister came out forcefully in support of Special Category Status for Andhra Pradesh. "When the Prime Minister promised the special category status he should fulfil it. Why should the people of the State and parties suffer. This confusion should end", he said. "If he doesn't want to give it then he should clearly he say so". He said he directed his party MPs to put pressure on the Centre by raising this issue in Parliament.
Addressing a press conference on Saturday evening after the TRS Parliamentary party meet he said that he called for the recording of his speech to check what he had said. "I found nothing objectionable".
His remarks came in the backdrop of the State BJP leaders holding protests and demanding an apology from the Chief Minister for his remarks. Defence Minister N Sitharaman also during her visit to Hyderabad two days ago had expressed her unhappiness and said that if his son and Minister Taraka Rama Rao had not expressed regret he would not have attended an official function with him.
She asked about the leadership for a third front he said leader emerges when need arises. Insisting that he had nothing against the PRime Minister Modi KCR said, "I have all respect for him. People don't know the fact that PM Modi and I are best friends. I am not against the PM nor BJP. I am against the slow progress in the country".
lashing both at the Congress and the BJP he said that these parties came to power one after the other. "Except changing the names of the schemes there was no major change in the situation".
KCR Saif that the efforts were being made to bring a change in the country. "If need be I am ready to lead the efforts", he said adding that he was making his efforts.
Referring to the demand of some BJP leader that he (KCR) should be imprisoned, he asked, "will all those who speak against the PM be jailedIJ"
Hinting at the need for a third front before 2019 polls KCR said that during his interaction with the top intellectuals and journalists he heard the opinion that there was desperate need for a change in Indian political scenario.
"There should be a change whether it is through a third front or another front", he said adding that for a qualitative I've change he was talking to the relevant people.
"70 years have gone by. People are now vexed with the political scenario", he said.
Significantly KCR did not rule out the possibility of an understanding with Telugu Desam party in 2019 elections. When asked about it he merely said,"I am not a fortune teller".