Congress flays Chandrashekhar Rao for attacking state chief

TRS chief K. Chandrasekhar Rao today came under criticism from state Congress leaders for attacking APCC president D. Srinivas.

Mr. Rao had hit out at Mr. Srinivas for not submitting a report in favour of separate Telangana to the Srikrishna Committee citing objections from Congress leaders from non-Telangana regions.

“Submitting report to the Srikrishna Committee is an internal matter of our party. Why should Chandrasekhar Rao talk about it?” senior Congress MLA S. Sailajanath told reporters.

The Committee was appointed by the Centre to examine the situation in Andhra Pradesh over the Telangana issue.

“Chandrasekhar Rao is making allegations against Mr. Srinivas only to prove his existence. He (TRS president) tried to please Mr. Srinivas to have an electoral alliance with Congress for the 2004 elections. How can he forget those days?” state Health Minister and Congress’ Hyderabad unit president D. Nagender asked.

Describing Rao as an “untrustworthy person”, Mr. Sailajanath alleged that the TRS president spoke against the issues which he is highlighting now.

“He (Rao) tries to project himself as champion of Telangana. He says various agreements like six-point formula and Hyderabad, which were meant to benefit Telangana, have never been implemented. But in 1996, he spoke against such agreements on the floor of the House as a TDP MLA,” he said.