Political Tremors with Hyderabad as epicenter
CM KCR in TRS Plenary at Hyderabad on 27th April 2018
“It’s
17 years since we started our party and movement for separate Telangana. When
we launched the party on April27, 2001 many aired their doubts about our
intentions and literally discouraged us. We however marched ahead and after 14
years of relentless struggle achieved the Telangana State. Notwithstanding
umpteen criticisms from different corners, Telangana State has become today the
number one state in the country and also a unique one in several aspects. TRS
is the only party in the country which has implemented the election manifesto
promises in toto. The state today is on top of all states in the country”.
“Against
this background the plenary has entrusted me with the responsibility of
deciding on TRS playing a key role in national politics. We were very happy
when we achieved the state. We are developing and progressing in such a way
that the whole country astonishes by seeing it. We have also become a model to
other states in many ways. Having worked in many important positions at the
national level and state level for nearly 40 years as MLA, MP, Deputy Speaker,
State and Central Minister as well as Chief Minister for nearly 4 years and
having experienced the developments in the country, I strongly feel that there
is a big gap in the country and what exactly needs to happen is not happening.
This is very important, and we need to glimpse in to this. I am not saying
anything just like that and for fun”.
“Several
harsh realities are before us. I am 64 years old now…I have achieved Telangana….
we have been progressing well…...we are in a great advantageous situation and
had grown as a powerful state. Maybe I am fragile in physique. Nevertheless, we
need to think big. We need to think firmly. This is what has been in my mind
and in tune with this I had a plan to launch something great and good for our
country from this Telangana soil. Accordingly, I made an announcement and in
fact it was not just a simple announcement but something like a tremor. The
antagonists to this announcement started shivering and getting frightened. A
simple announcement from a frail and fragile physique made from this Telangana
soil reverberated in such a way that Rahul dubs KCR as an agent of Modi! Does
this mean that only Congress and BJP are eligible to speak on behalf of this
country and its politics? Should none speak? Don’t I have the authority to
speak?”
“If
I am an agent of BJP according to Rahul Gandhi, then for BJP my front has no
tent! Why and what for both are scared? When there is no tent for my front
where is the point for them to be frightened? Yes…they are all scared of KCR
who is a stubborn and determined person. Once he lifts a flag he does not look
back and pulls it down come what may. That is their fear”.
“Friends…let
me confess with a heavy hurt having been born and brought up in this country
that something must be done for the nation and for its improvement. We should
contribute our share. Come what may and let anything happen…with the
encouragement from you all, I shall leave no stone unturned for working towards
the progress of our country and I shall pledge all the strength that God gave
me for this. I shall repeat the same spirit and zeal with which I made it a
reality in achieving the Telangana State and as a representative of you all
people I shall strive hard in enhancing the prestige of you all. No need to be
scared of anyone and no need to look back but to march ahead”.
“It
is unfortunate that some people are talking as they like, and it is shameful. Who
ruled this country all these years and who is ruling this country now? 71 years
have passed. You should all understand the harsh realities about this country
and the way they ruled this nation for 71 years. Congress ruled for 55 years
and BJP for 11 years. Except for a small period of 5-6 years it was these two parties
who were at the helm of affairs. Whether it was Chandrashekhar or VP Singh or
Deve Gouda or Gujral who were Prime Ministers for a short period of 5-6 years
all put together, were not allowed to govern properly by these two
parties-Congress and BJP. They were put to several hurdles”.
“Congress
and BJP are confident that it is only either of them who would make it to the
government. If people are vexed with BJP, then they vote for Congress and when
they are angry on Congress they would choose BJP. This has become the order of
political scenario. It is by default one of them win in this country’s
prevailing political situation. This is not healthy for this country. The
people must come out of this state of affairs and understand the realities. I
may be able to reveal now, from this dais, only few of the harsh realities that
the country is placed in, but there are many more. If one can try to understand
clearly, then we will be able to know about the low-level respect and dignity
that this country commands in international arena”.
“Let
me for instance cite the example of the so-called water wars in our country.
Why should they be there at all? It’s because of absolute incompetency and
inefficiency of the governance of these two parties as well as their political
bankruptcy. The country has a capacity of 70,000 TMC of water thanks to the
nature’s endowment. This includes river water, rain water, water from Himalayan
sources, water from Nepal and North East etc. This entire amount of water has
never been put to optimum use by any of the Governments. Let the present Prime
Minister Modi or his predecessor Prime Minister Manmohan Singh or to that
matter any former PM, before criticizing me, should reply to my question as to
why this water has not been put to use for agriculture the way it should have
been? The cultivable land in the entire country is 40 crores of acres and the
available water is 70,000 TMC which is much more the required quantity. Even if
the entire land is brought under cultivation it requires 40,000 TMC and still
we are left with another 30,000 TMC. We may probably require another 5-6
thousand TMC for industrial and drinking purposes out of this. The present and
earlier governments could not think about this unfortunately because of their
inefficiency and incompetency”.
“Another
example to cite is the Krishna River Water Tribunal known as Brijesh Kumar
Tribunal constituted in 2004. We are into 2018 which means 14 years have
passed. The dispute is yet to be cleared. Maybe it takes another four years.
Later we may have to approach Supreme Court. This means one generation is gone
and no water to use. Can’t the central government instruct the tribunal to
decide within six months? It doesn’t do this but resort to creating interstate
water disputes and name it as water wars! This state of affairs thanks to the
attitude of these two parties, led to severe distress among farming community
and pushed them to commit suicides. The People’s Front that I am proposing to
launch will announce the agenda with a slogan “Every Acre Water…Every land
Water…Every farmer Water”. The Front will ensure water to all the 40 crores
acres of land in the country and we will expose the past and present central
governments for their failure to do this. When we come to power we shall show
how that can be realized and implemented. I am making it very clear that both
BJP and Congress have outlived their utility. The Regional Parties Coordination
Front with true federal spirit shall strive hard to do complete justice to the
entire farming community of this country. I am cautioning from this Hyderabad
TRS plenary dais that both BJP and Congress that they be careful and watchful”.
“Let
me cite few more live examples of these two parties’ inability to compete with
the globe. For any country to progress priority should be given to
infrastructure development and proper facilities are to be provided. If anyone
listens to dialogues of Congress and BJP leaders it will lead them to
convulsions and fits. The facts that are public and available on net reveal
that the country is lagging behind in many areas when compared to other
countries. Trucks and lorries which transport goods internationally in other
countries move with a speed of 80 kilometers per hour on the excellent express
highways built there, whereas, in India due to the ineffective and inefficient
highways thanks to the 70-year misrule of the BJP and Congress governments,
they move with a speed ranging from just 26 to 30 kilometers. As against
1,23,000 kilometers express highways in China, we in India after 70 years of
independent governance we have just 2000 kilometers express highways. Is it in
any manner a great achievement? Should we hail them for this? Do we need to
salute them and praise them for this? If they have courage I demand the
Congress and BJP leaders to respond to this inefficiency. Whose inefficiency is
this? Whose incompetency is this? Who is cursing this nation? Are not the
Congress and BJP?”
“Friends,
in China the goods trains move with a speed of 80 kilometers per hour whereas
in India they move with just 24 kilometers per hour. This also is a performance
indicator of inefficient governance of BJP and Congress rulers. India has
abundant coastline spread over 7500 kilometers. There is an admirable island in
Lakshadweep known as “Bangaru Island” which is known for its best clear water.
Unfortunately, Indians prefer to go to Bali in Indonesia or to England or
Switzerland. The reason is the governments failed to develop tourism in India
and they never bothered to attract international tourists. Foreigners fund some
of our so-called NGOs and encourage them to file Public Interest Litigations to
stall tourism development and the Government remains silent spectator by not
developing tourism spots or islands. This results our people spending crores of
rupees in other countries”.
“The
situation is similar in ports also. Singapore is a country which is half in its
size compared to Hyderabad. Its coastline is a meagre 193 kilometers. But, in
their ports, they handle 4 crores of containers. Our neighboring country China
handles 19.59 crores of containers. We in India with 7500 coastline and
excellent ports could hardly handle a crore of containers due to lack of
intelligence of our great Congress and BJP rulers. This is what is our
greatness. How can this country progress with this background? If people still continue to believe them and
their leadership will this country be able to develop and progress? We need to
examine how other countries have been developing when compared to ours. Its all
sad state of affairs and at time painful too. Both these parties have been
cheating people with false promises and slogans like “Garibee Hatao” for
decades together. This demands us to place before the people and the entire
world the realities”.
“China is our neighboring country
and it is on the other side of Himalayas whereas we are on this side. I don’t
think that they consume Gold or eat more than us. What were they earlier and
what are they now? In 1968 when the GDP of India was 180 billion dollars, then
that of China was just 134 billion dollars, less than us. But in 2016 China
touched a GDP of 9504 dollars whereas India is still at 2465 billion dollars
only. This means we are just one fourth of China in GDP. In the last four
decades when China is progressing we are static. What is that our honorable
governments were doing? What they are supposed to do they don’t do and what they
are not expected to do they will do”.
“We have in our Constitution three
lists…State, Central and Concurrent. Why this concurrent list at all? It is
just to control the states and degrade them to a level of municipalities. Why
should the central government hold on to agriculture subject? Why education
subject to be with center? Why health should be with them? So also, why
drinking water subject to be with center? Why rural development, urban
development etc. are to be with center? I am asking these questions. There are
different climatic conditions in different states in our country. Depending
upon these conditions in different states farmers have a typical pattern of
cropping as per the needs. And hence why agriculture subject should be with
center?”
“For instance, in our Telangana
state, why should the union government be interested in a private school in a
remote village in Gattu Mandal of Mahbubnagar district? Where is the need? There is a scheme called “Pradhan Mantri
Gram Sadak Yojana” through which the Prime Minister is supposed to directly
supervise the road laying activity in six lakhs villages of this country!
Ridiculous this is! For this work there is a village sarpanch…there is a Mandal
President…there is Zilla Parishath…there is state government…there is an MP,
MLA. Why the central government should come into picture at all? Why do you
need to control states from top? The party in power at center speaks of
transparency and democracy. We have governments which under the National Rural
Employment Guarantee scheme pays to the labor directly in Delhi. Is this
democracy? Is this the way to respect local bodies? When we have governments
that pay wages to NREGA labor works in Delhi, how can we believe that this is
democracy?”
“In Kashmir daily, we see bombings
and people dying. Pakistan provokes every day. Daily hundreds of army men die.
Five lakhs of army are posted in Kashmir and they are put to lot of hardships.
The Government at the center lacks wisdom in international diplomacy. Both BJP
and Congress miserably failed in this regard. In fact, this is the area where
exactly the center has to show its mettle. Instead of doing this they think of
paying wages directly to labor from Delhi. Is this what they are expected to
do?”
“Today in several areas China
progressed phenomenally. We should feel ashamed in several aspects. In 1968 the
percapita income of India was 340 dollars whereas that of China it was only 172
dollars. But today, they have grown 40 times wherein as against China’s
percapita income of 6893 dollars ours is just 1861 dollars. Similarly, in the
case of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI). No one shows interest in India. Simple
reason is we have neither ships nor ports nor road connectivity nor trains. If
one sees the fate of Secunderabad Railway Station its horrible. Toilets in New
York Railway Station are better than our station. The party in power does not
care for this. For decades together, this is the situation. In spite of all
this they tell us to treat these stations as heavens and suggest that we live
with them and bear with them! The slogan of BJP and Congress is same…. vote for
one of them. If voters are angry on Lotus they vote for Hand or the other way.”
“Nothing in this country is worth
mentioning…neither the port nor the airport. If you fly to Delhi you need to
spend an hour in the flight waiting for your turn to land in Delhi airport.
This is their intelligence. Same is the case with any airport. Today, we in
this country are infamous for inefficient or no ports, uncertain flying
experience, inadequate roads, inadequate rail system, absence of express
highways, inability to create required infrastructure and things like that. If
we continue to listen to them, we will be left with no option except to bear all
these inadequacies. We just cannot compare ourselves with any country and we
are placed in a disgraceful situation. Another deficiency area is life
expectancy. In the international level it stands at 70.5 years of age. In china
it is 76 years. India’s life expectancy is 68 only”.
“With either Congress or BJP at the
helm of affairs we cannot expect any change in the situation. They neither
allow others to work nor they do themselves. For example, we may take the
inland water issue. Are there no rivers in the country? Ganges has a length of 2599 kilometers, that
of Godavari is 1465 kilometers, Krishna 1400 kilometers, Yamuna 1376
kilometers, Narmada 1312 and Brahmaputra 916 kilometers. These are fabulous
rivers and perennial in nature. In these rivers we don’t find even a single
ship or vessel. May be one or two somewhere near Rajahmundry or near Papi
Hills. Nowhere in the country we can find inland transport or support. In which
arena are we better? And why not? When Congress is in power we see Deerendra
Brahma Chari or Chandra swami……when BJP is in power in their place we see
Asharaam Bapu or Deraa Ram Raheem Baba or Neerab Modi or Lalit Modi. Should
this be the fate of this country?”
“People across the country are
deprived of their own money that is kept in the banks. But Modis can escape un
checked. Unfortunately, we should keep on bearing and experiencing all this
nonsense. On the other hand, we should continue to praise Congress or BJP as
there is no alternative for them. Gone those days. This state of affairs shall
not continue. The statistics that I revealed are only few among many. If all
are placed before the public, they will be shocked to know”.
“I continue to consult many more
leaders across the country. When I had been to Kolkata it was commented that
“Good Bye to KCR Front”. I never mentioned that ours is KCR front. Will there be anything like KCR Front? His is
a process launched by KCR. For definite I can confess that I have enough of
patience. I have intelligence. I am strategic. I have been consulting many
leaders daily. Recently a group of DMK representatives met me. I am going to
Chennai on 29 April to meet DMK Leader Stalin. Later, on 2 May former UP Chief
Minister and Samajwadi party leader Akhilesh Yadav is coming to meet me in
Hyderabad. We continue this dialogue
with many more. On the lines KCR created tremors with unequivocal courage and
determination to achieve Telangana State, by convincing the entire country’s
political set-up, all the regional parties in the country will now be united by
undertaking a whirl wind tour of the whole country in the next couple of
months, to bring a qualitative change in the political system. It is
indispensable that there need to be a qualitative and crucial change in the
country. The percapita income of Indians has to go up. People should be happy
and prosperous. Unemployed youth shall get job opportunities. Country’s GDP
shall go up”.
“The country should achieve
all-round development. Telangana is also a part in this country. It is a
responsible state. Certainly, we will start a movement for the betterment of
the nation. I can understand the hardships of people at large. I know about the
backwardness. Today 130 crores of Indians are enthusiastically waiting for a
change and alternative. There is a gap. When I had been to Delhi in the recent
past I met many friends including journalists. Many expressed the opinion that
the graph of Narendra Modi is fast declining. I agreed with them and said he is
in for a defeat in the next elections. When he is defeated what would be the
next outcome in the present situation? The Congress and its front would come on
to the scene”.
“Journalists told me that mere
changing from BJP to Congress will not make any difference. It’s like Dindayal
name is replaced by Rajiv Gandhi name! In place of Shyam Prasad Mukherjee name
Indira Gandhi name will come for schemes. There will be name changes of
schemes, but the scams shall remain the same. The fate of the people remains
the same”.
“Friends…I am making an appeal from
this dais. After achieving Telangana State, those Diamond like leaders, who
were part of that, are ready to take-up the responsibility of the qualitative
change in the country. You all gave me a responsibility that I should fight
with all my energy and strength for the cause of the country. Don’t think that
I leave Hyderabad and settle in Delhi for this. From Hyderabad wherever I go,
to come back, it just takes little over an hour and half. I shall not leave
Hyderabad. I shall create an earthquake like tremors with Hyderabad as
epicenter. From here only I shall influence the national politics. With all
your blessings I shall proceed to take forward the state and simultaneously the
fragrances of rose flower will be sprinkled all over the country to every nook
and corner. In the process, I shall certainly liberate this country from the
clutches of BJP and Congress parties and proceed to convert this country as a
tremendous one, with marvelous infrastructure facilities, excellent ports and
airports, great express highways, drinking water to all etc.”
“Don’t we have resources? Don’t we
have funds? In this country youth comprises of 60%. Hot blood is flowing in
them. Tremendous rivers are there in the country. Potential land is there.
Adequate agriculture facilities are there. Hardworking people are there.
Unfortunately, the rulers lack commitment and responsiveness. They don’t have
courage to do things. They cannot think out of box. They don’t have the
capacity to study to leverage the Indian Economy. Their incapacity has become a
curse to this country. We have already lost 70 years of priceless time. Let us
not wait any longer”.
“With the inspiration bestowed on me
by you all today, and with all your valuable blessings, I shall play a key and
crucial and influential role in national politics, the way I did in achieving
Telangana State and shaping Bangaru Telangana, and in the process, the name and
fame of Telangana will be made to rise high all over the country. The
Telangana’s self-respect shall be hoisted not only on this soil but will be
part of hoisting Nation’s self-respect and for this I shall proceed with all
your blessings”.
Jai Telangana…Jai
Bharath
POST
PLENARY MEET
KCR
called on DMK president
M Karuna Nidhi and his son Stalin in Chennai on 29th April
2018. CM later said that, “This is not the
beginning and not the end. We have been discussing and it will take 2-3 months
to reach a consensus”. CM had a meeting on 2nd May with Akhilesh
Yadav former UP CM and Samajwadi Leader who later told media persons that only the regional parties could
"stop" the saffron party which has "not fulfilled" its
promises in the past four years of its rule. CM KCR said that "I have been
saying from the beginning that it is not a forum of political parties. This is
a major effort to unite India's farmers and Indian people towards a new
direction. The agenda would be prepared in the coming months for the proposed
coalition in consultation with others”.
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