hyderabad
The Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) has hit back strongly at the comments of AICC president Mallikarjun Kharge that the formation of a separate State of Telangana and Chief Minister’s post for K. Chandrasekhar Rao were alms given by the Congress, asking the party whether Independence given to the country and the Prime Minister’s post for Jawaharlal Nehru were also alms given by the British.
Participating in a roadshow at Narayankhed and Yellareddy on Friday, BRS leader and Minister T. Harish Rao said that far from being alms given by someone, Statehood was achieved through a democratic and non-violent movement by all sections of people. It was a separate State earlier but was forcibly merged with Andhra by the same Congress, he pointed out.
