As the stage has been set for Congress to assume office in Telangana, Rural Development and Panchayat Raj Minister Priyank Kharge said that people voted against corruption and blessed Congress.
“I had visited Telangana many times during the poll campaign. In the last ten years of K. Chandrashekar Rao, the State saw massive corruption of around ₹10 lakh crores. Even common people speak of the Kaleshwaram Lift Irrigation Project involving the scam of ₹1.5 lakh crores. The people thought that only Congress could save Telangana and voted in favour of it,” Mr. Priyank said in his brief interaction with the mediamen in Kalaburagi on Sunday.
When asked about the influence of the Karnataka government on the poll in the neighbouring State, Mr. Priyank said his party prepared the poll manifestos keeping in mind the positive impact of guarantee schemes that the Congress government implemented in Karnataka.
