Working president of Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) K. T. Rama Rao has alleged that Prime Minister Narendra Modi has induced the byelection to Munugode constituency with an arrogant feeling that the electorate of the constituency could be bought over like a product in the market.
He also subscribed to the challenge made by party leader and Minister for Energy G. Jagadish Reddy offering to quit from the Munugode fray in case the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government at the Centre sanctioned ₹18,000 crore, the amount equivalent to the contract work given to Komatireddy Rajgopal Reddy to join the BJP, for the development of Munugode constituency.
Speaking at a meeting of TRS Vidyarthi, the student wing of TRS, here on Tuesday he said the TRS had a strength of 105 out of 120 seats in the Assembly and a win in Munugode would not make any difference and reiterated that the party would withdraw from the fray if the Centre sanctioned ₹18,000 funds to the constituency. “Munugode is not a pre-final exam but is a unit test,” he commented.
