Minister for Industries and IT K. Taraka Rama Rao has reacted sharply to Congress president Rahul Gandhi’s allegations and criticism against the Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) Government and also against the family of Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao, of which he is a member.
Responding to Mr. Gandhi on the twitter platform on Tuesday evening, particularly on the allegation of corruption against the Chief Minister’s family, Mr. Rama Rao tweeted: “You talk about corruption Rahul Ji? Look around on the Dias; half the people sitting next to you are out on bail !! Some in CBI cases & others in corruption cases Oh, I forgot it’s the “Scamgress” party A for Adarsh B for Bofors C for Commonwealth..... Want me to go on Sir??”
Regarding the issue of cases against projects, Mr. Rama Rao said: “Oh one last thing @RahulGandhi ji; before you leave Hyderabad, you may want to have local Congress leaders withdraw the hundreds of cases they’ve filed/sponsored against projects/developmental works in Telangana Or else people may forever label Congress as antonym of Progress”.
On the issue of freedom of expression, Mr. Rama Rao went back to the Emergency, stating that people knew well who had stifled the democratic voices. He tweeted: “You preached about freedom of expression & media freedom @RahulGandhi Ji? Wah On the eve of Independence Day, let me remind you of independent India’s one & only Emergency? Who had stifled the democratic voices & snubbed all democratic values? Is it not your Scamgress party?”
On Mr. Gandhi’s homage at the martyrs’ memorial, the TRS leader tweeted: “Rahul Ji, Do you know who you were paying homage to at Telangana Martyrs memorial? It was the same 369 youth Indira Gandhi had ruthlessly shot down in 1969 agitation & hundreds of youth that’ve killed themselves from 2009-14 as UPA reneged on its promise Care to offer Apologies?”
