DS snubs KCR

Turning down Telangana Rashtra Samiti president K Chandrasekar Rao's offer to contest from  Mahabubnagar, PCC president D Srinivas said ``I never take KCR’s words seriously. He made many promises but none of  them were feasible and he too would not stand by them.’’

``I am not here for a dialogue or an argument with KCR, I leave this affair to him,’’ DS added.

This offer came in the wake of  KCR’s invitation to DS to quit PCC post in protest against the raw deal to him and the unfavourable Terms of Reference(ToR) in the Srikrishna panel.

Defending his act of non-submission of memorandum to the Srikrishna Committee, he  said, ``individually, I belong to  Telangana and as the head of the  party, I cannot put forth my views  and submit the mememorandum to the panel..''

``The  Congress High command  after discussing the issue with all the Congress leaders in the state  will draft a  report which in turn will be submitted  to the panel. Whatever your capacity may be, you should abide by the party’s   decisions,’’ DS observed.

Referring to the Assembly by-elections due to the resignation of ten members of TRS and one member each from the TDP and BJP, DS noted, ``it  is for the High Command to decide whether I should contest the elections or not.’’