Telangana Rashtra Samithi president and Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao on Monday sprang a surprise on voters of the Nalgonda Assembly constituency, saying he had wanted to contest the election from here.
“But people of my constituency, Gajwel, witnessing the development made by me, didn’t want me to leave,” he said.
Addressing several Praja Ashirwada meetings, in his fourth visit to the united district, Mr. Rao said ideologue of the Telangana movement Jayashankar had suggested to him that he contest from Mahabubnagar.
However, if TRS nominee K. Bhupal Reddy won the election here, he would adopt the constituency, which had lacked infrastructure and largely remained unchanged.
Mr. Rao, who was earlier in Kodad, Huzurnagar and Miryalaguda, said the difference between the rule of the TRS and that of the Congress or the Telugu Desam Party, was clear to everyone, and urged people to vote consciously.
The Chief Minister remarked that the Bharatiya Janata Party-launched initiatives were not even 10% match to those in Telangana.
In Kodad, Mr. Rao reminded people that nominee Bollam Mallaiah Yadav was from the Backward Classes, and asked them to make the best of the opportunity by choosing him.
For Miryalaguda and Huzurnagar, dotted with cement industries and rice mills, mutual single permit directions would be discussed with AP.
With “bangaru Telangana’, farmers in the State would have ₹5 lakh to ₹10 lakh in their bank accounts, he said.