Ponnala Lakshmaiah Accuses Congress Of ‘Always’ Insulting BC Leaders

Hyderabad, Oct 26 (Maxim News): A former Congress leader, who recently joined the BRS, Ponnala Lakshmaiah said the Congress always insulted BC leaders, this is why three BC leaders who were PCC chiefs, had deserted the party.  

In an informal interaction with the media here, Lakshmaiah said the Congress has a history of insulting BC, this is why three BC leaders, who were PCC chiefs, had deserted the party.  In an informal interaction with the media here, Lakshmaiah said the Congress has a history of insulting BC leaders, this was not limited to the state, but also at the National level.  He gave examples of three BC leaders who were also PCC presidents. 

He questioned that if he was being portrayed as a fool for leaving the party, why did the other BC leaders like D.Srinivas and K. Keshava Rao leave the party?  ‘Let people answer why senior most leaders were leaving.  The leaders will go wherever they get respect, Lakshmaiah stated.  The former Minister said what political leaders were talking about now was already done by Chief Minister K. Chandrashekar Rao many years back.  ‘The other State CMs are talking about caste Census, but they should remember that KCr had done it long back.   

He said the KCR took up the ‘Samagra Kutumba Survey’ within three months of taking charge to know details of castes of people and their livelihoods across the State.  This helped him to bring up tailor-made schemes for the poor. 

Ponnala Lakshmaiah said the time has come for people not to forget what the KCR has done for them.  What Jagan (AP CM) is saying today was done within three months of coming to power by KCR. That itself is the reason for making him the CM.” he said the congress was dreaming of coming to power, but this was not possible.  ‘The Congress has been elected several times, the majority of the time, but it never got 50 percent seats in Telangana  Even during Y.s Rajasekhara Reddy’s regime the party could not get 50 percent seats.  (Maxim News)

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