Rahul Gandhi Telangana: Every family owes Rs 31,500 as debt due to Kaleshwaram project

Hyderabad: “Rs 31,500 per family is the debt the people of Telangana have to bear due to the Kaleshwaram project,” said Congress leader Rahul Gandhi in his rally in Kollapur in Nagarkurnool district, Telangana on Tuesday. He was on his second recent campaign tour of the poll-bound state, scheduled for state Legislative Assembly elections on November 30.

According to the campaign schedule of the Congress party, it was Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi who was said to address the Kollapur rally. However, she couldn’t attend it as she was down with a viral fever.

Rahul, who took charge of addressing the crowd instead, launched multiple attacks against the incumbent BRS government and BRS party leader and chief minister K Chandrashekar Rao.

Rahul finds fault with quality of developmental projects

Speaking about the development projects in Telangana, Rahul said that the sinking pillars of the Medigadda barrage and the sunk road on the bridge are an indication of improper work. “Congress has constructed projects like Nagarjuna Sagar, Singur, Sriram Sagar, and more, which can be compared to the Kaleshwaram project,” he said.

“Look at our projects and look at the Kaleshwaram project,” he declared to the crowd.

“To repay the debt incurred by this project, every family in Telangana will have to contribute approximately Rs 31,500 until 2040,” he said. The Rs 1 lakh crore project is nothing but a lot of corruption by Bharat Rashtra Samithi and Bharatiya Janata Party, he said.

Family Vs people

“This election is a battle between ‘Dorala Telangana’ and ‘Prajala Telangana,’” said Rahul, and accused KCR and his family of betraying people on the land issue, using computerisation as an excuse to take over people’s land. Gandhi said, “Dharani portal was to take over the lands of people. Around 20 lakh farmers have been affected and grave injustice meted out to them.”

‘Government employees affected’

State employees are not receiving their salaries on time, and the public sector units are closing down, Rahul pointed out. “Key portfolios such as land revenue, sand, and liquor are under KCR’s family to exploit Telangana,” he alleged.

A huge gathering was present at the meeting in Kollapur and he asked the cadre to stay strong as their time to shine is going to come soon.

According to the party, Rahul Gandhi has events planned for his campaign in Telangana on November 1, such as a padayatra and a rally. According to sources, Congress is going to finalise the final 19 MLA candidates for the Telangana elections by November 1.