YSR Telangana Party leader YS Sharmila, who was arrested after she tried to go to Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao’s (‘KCR’) home in Hyderabad on Tuesday, today said she felt “humiliated” as her “sole aim “Parade our vehicles which were damaged by his party goons”.
Dramatic scenes have unfolded in Telangana over the last two days, with YS Sharmila’s car being pulled over by the police in Hyderabad – in the driver’s seat – amid alleged attacks on his party workers by his supporters en route to KCR’s house Against. A march in Warangal district. He got bail till evening. In Warangal, where clashes had taken place the day before, Ms. Sharmila was also briefly detained.
He said of the police action in Hyderabad, “They insulted me, insulted my party workers, beat them up.”
“There is no democracy in Telangana,” alleged Ms. Sharmila, whose brother, YS Jagan Mohan Reddy, is Andhra Pradesh chief minister, while she tries to build a career in Telangana, which was part of undivided Andhra Pradesh when she was elected. The father, YS Rajasekhara Reddy (‘YSR’), was one of its most powerful leaders.
Having never contested an election, he dismissed assessments that his party would be more and more “vote-hardcore”. “It’s too early to say anything. Look, I just launched the party, it’s been a year. I’ve come a long way. I’m 3,500 kms.” hiking And getting good response. People see hope in me. I have a good chance, I think,” she said.
“People believe I can bring my father’s rule back again,” she claimed, referring to YSR’s stint as head of the Congress government from 2004-2009 before he died in a helicopter crash.
He listed KCR’s unfulfilled promises, “be it the cancellation of farm loans, or interest-free loans for women or jobs”. “KCR believes that he is the best chief minister and the people of Telangana are living in a state of bliss. The opposite is true.”
So far, KCR, who led the Telangana movement, has been the chief minister of the state since its formation in 2014. He wants to go national – he changed the name of his party from Telangana Rashtra Samithi to Bharat Rashtra Samithi, pending formal approval – with enhanced ambitions for the 2024 Lok Sabha elections. But state elections are next year, and he remains as aggressive as ever, especially against new entrants.
Building on immediate visuals, Ms Sharmila claimed there was “no conflict” in Warangal, but the police “sided with TRS party goons and created a law and order situation, only to arrest me”. For”. On her stay in the car when being pulled over to Hyderabad, she said, “Why would I come out – to be arrested again? I wanted KCR to see what was happening in his state.”
TRS leaders have rejected the allegations and said that the police acted only in the interest of maintaining order.
For the elections, Ms Sharmila again ruled out any tie-up with either the BJP or the Congress. “It’s not even a thought [in my head]”No party in Telangana has stood up for the people,” he said.
He has also insisted that his party has nothing to do with his brother’s YSR Congress Party (YSRCP). “I grew up in Telangana. I got married here. My son and daughter were born here. I belong to this state and my future is here. I don’t know when I formed the party in Telangana, people Why did you find it strange?” “he has spoken.