KCR misguiding people: Damodar Reddy

Former minister and MLA R Damodar Reddy on Tuesday stated that the Telangana state formation would be possible only with political process only.

Talking to media persons after hoisting tri-colour while wearing a black dress at his residence in Suryapet in Nalgonda district as part of State Formation Day, Damodar Reddy expressed confidence that the high command would resolve the impasse on Telangana only through political process. He slammed Telangana Rashtra Samithi president K Chandrasekhar Rao for luring MLAs from the Congress party and Telugu Desam Party in the name of Telangana statehood and increasing its strength in the region.

Damodar Reddy said that the TRS was cheating the Congress and TDP MLAs in the name of Telangana agitation and misguiding people to protect its own selfish interests. He also suspected Kcr’s commitment over the Telangana state. Kcr is not ready to agitate for statehood by keeping his party flag aside with other parties, he stated.

Stating that these types of 'cheap political tricks' would divert the attention of the people from statehood agitation, he asked the MLAs to reconsider their decision before quitting their parties and falling in the TRS trap. He alleged that a few MLAs from the Congress and TDP had a secret pact with TRS over their quitting.

Damodar Reddy also stated the general strike of employees for the cause of statehood did not achieved its purpose except causing lot of inconvenience to people of region.