KCR adopting `devilish' approach against teachers; BJP partner in crime: Revanth Reddy

Hyderabad: Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee (TPCC) President A Revanth Reddy on Wednesday accused Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao (KCR) of adopting a devilish approach against the employees and teachers to pursue his divisive politics.

He warned that nearly four lakh employees and teachers would revolt against the KCR government if it did not withdraw the controversial GO 317 immediately. He was addressing a meeting at Gandhi Bhavan on the occasion of the re-joining of Teachers' Union leader G Harshvardhan Reddy and his followers into the Congress party.

TPCC President said GO 317 has been causing immense pain and mental torture to the employees and teachers. He said teachers, who were supposed to go to schools were forced to besiege Pragathi Bhavan.

He said they are being arrested and humiliated on the streets by the KCR government. He accused KCR of playing divisive politics by creating a rift between the seniors and juniors. TRS government is wrongly treating locals as non-locals so as to harass the employees and teachers.

He said if KCR continues to work against the interest of Telangana, then four lakh employees would revolt against him. He said that GO 317 has pushed the future of employees and teachers into darkness. Instead of focusing on their duties, they are forced to live in a state of uncertainty and confusion, he said.

Revanth Reddy ridiculed Telangana BJP President Bandi Sanjay's protest against GO 317. He pointed out that the BJP government at the Centre was a partner-in-crime with the TRS government in bringing this controversial GO.

He said that the order was cleared by the Union Cabinet and by the President of India. Therefore, both TRS and BJP are responsible for the suffering caused to employees and teachers through GO 317. He said if the BJP was seriously against the GO, then it could get it squashed by making a representation to the President of India.

TPCC Chief announced that the Congress party would soon launch a massive agitation demanding job notifications. He condemned the police for obstructing Congress programmes. Alleging that a few police officials were behaving like TRS leaders, he said that the Congress would cross all obstacles and raise their voice against the KCR government in Telangana and BJP government at the Centre.