Charges against KCR on Polavaram baseless: Etela

Telangana Rashtra Samithi floor leader Etela Rajender on Tuesday accused the Telugu Desam Party of levelling baseless charges against TRS president K Chandrasekhar Rao in connection with awarding of Polavaram irrigation project contract.

Talking to media persons at TRS Bhavan, Etela Rajender alleged that the TDP has been making such charges against KCR to water down the statehood agitation and divert the attention of the people. Stating that there was no truth in TDP's allegations, he said that the TRS had no link whatsoever, with the Polavaram tenders.

Instead, he said that Chandrababu Naidu has converted TDP into a party of contractors by accommodating Nama Nageswara Rao, Sujana Choudhary, C M Ramesh and N Surya Prakash. Instead of leveling allegations, he advised Naidu to make his party's stand clear on the Polavaram project. If TDP has any commitment towards Telangana, he challenged Naidu to ask for cancellation of Polavaram tenders.

Etela said that the TRS would write a letter to the State Government seeking Vigilance Commission's probe into entire issue on the awarding of contracts. He said that the TRS was considering filing defamation case against those tyring to malign the image of KCR by unnecessarily dragging his name into the controversy.

The TRS leader also challenged Naidu for a public debate at Jubilee Hall on the properties owned by him and KCR before and after joining of politics.

Etela informed that the TRS MLAs would start their indefinite fast seeking statehood for Telangana region from November 1, the State Formation Day, at Indira Park along with Bharatiya Janata Party, Communist party of India and Telangana Nagara samiti members.