BRS to contest all panchayat seats in Maha local body polls: KCR

Hyderabad: Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) chief K Chandrashekhar Rao on Sunday announced that the BRS will contest every panchayat in upcoming local body elections in Maharashtra.

The Telangana CM KCR at Kandhar Lohate, replying to the comments of deputy chief minister Devendra Fadnavis who asked KCR to take care of affairs in his state, the latter replied, “I am a citizen of India and I have work in every corner of the country.”

KCR said that the Telangana model for agriculture should be implemented across the country and farmers should be provided free power, financial assistance; free water all across the country, and insurance cover of Rs 5 lakh to farmers and all agricultural produce should be procured by the government.

“If Devendra Fadnavis gives an assurance, I will not come to Maharashtra. If you want to stop me from coming to Maharashtra, please do it. Otherwise, I will come again and again to Maharashtra and fight for the rights of the farmers,” said KCR said.

He further said that the Dalits and Adivasis in Maharashtra have been facing problems for several decades. “It is not a healthy sign for the country. In Telangana, we have good schemes for Dalit families by announcing a scheme wherein Rs 10 lakh is provided to each family to use the money and improve their living standards. Devendra Fadanvis ji, you implement the scheme in Maharashtra and I would not come here,” he reiterated.

KCR said that compared to other countries there is fertile soil in the country and there is an abundance of rain and farming friendly environment. Our population is 140 crores in the country. “When I came to Maharashtra I noticed the land here is barren. Isn’t there water? There is a lot of water but there is no proper channelization of water for agriculture and water flows down into the sea. There is no need for us to beg for water from any country. We need to ponder about why there is no water for farming and drinking.”