IT, Industry and Urban Development Minister KT Rama Rao in his inaugural address at the National Conference of the Indian Institute of Architects (IIA) on Saturday made an interesting analogy on architecture and politics. Mr Rao said one of his friends from the architects who attended the conference had said that there are only two kinds of people in the world – artists and scientists and architecture is where art meets science. However, the minister said that he differed with his friend, adding that there was another category of architects, not literally, as it is they who build society in different spheres. Chief Minister K. Chandrashekhar Rao is the architect of Telangana, which is on a path of progress with a unique ‘architecture’ where biology meets technology and data science marries life science and where a cultural renaissance is underway since the day it was granted statehood.
old habits die hard
TRS rebel BJP MLA Eatala Rajendra barely showed old habits at Amit Shah’s public meeting in Tukkuguda.
In a scathing attack on Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao and his efforts to suppress the people, Mr. Rajendra, who was once a Leftist, used the popular slogan of Left Student Unions – Archettini Edupetty Suryakantini Apaleru (You can’t block the sunlight with your palm). However, he readily switched to BJP saying that you cannot stop BJP from growing in Telangana.
But it was quite amusing to convey the popular slogan associated with Left ideology from the saffron platform.
Political heat is increasing
Union Home Minister Amit Shah’s remarks on “corruption in high places” have turned up the political heat in the state, with leaders of the ruling and opposition Congress raging on him.
TRS leader MLC Kalvakuntala Kavitha, ministers KT Rama Rao and T. Harish Rao launched a scathing attack on Mr Shah and raised several questions as to how the central government did injustice to Telangana. TPCC President A. Revanth Reddy insisted that the claims were intended to gain publicity and that the Center took a casual approach while acting on allegations of corruption. The tacit understanding between the two parties – TRS and BJP – can be seen from the Centre’s inaction on allegations of corruption against the government.
Apart from the political rhetoric, Mr Amit Shah’s mention of holding elections ahead of time has certainly fueled speculation in the political circles as to what will be the course of TRS in the coming days.
(B. Chandrasekhar, R. Ravikanth Reddy and M. Rajeev)