Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the leader of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), visited Telangana on Sunday, a state that is due to hold elections soon. He laid the foundation stone for multiple development projects worth over ₹13,500 crore in the sectors of road, rail, petroleum and natural gas, and higher education in Mahbubnagar, Telangana.
Prime Minister Modi’s visit to Telangana was the start of the BJP’s election campaign in the state. His visit is politically significant because Telangana is scheduled to hold assembly elections in November or December.
Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao (KCR) did not attend Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s event in the state on Sunday. Telangana Minister and BRS leader Talasani Srinivas Yadav confirmed that he will receive PM Modi upon his arrival and participate in the event.
KCR skipped Prime Minister Modi’s visit to Telangana on Sunday. Telangana Minister and BRS leader Talasani Srinivas Yadav said he will receive PM Modi and attend the event.
This is the sixth time in a row that KCR has skipped a Prime Minister’s event in Telangana since February 2022. In April, he skipped PM Modi’s event even though he was invited and did not receive the PM at the airport.
KCR has now skipped six Prime Minister’s events in Telangana in a row, dating back to February 2022. In April, he skipped PM Modi’s event even though he was invited and did not receive the PM at the airport.
PM Modi said in his address that he was “saddened by the lack of cooperation” from the KCR government.
The BRS wants to hold Prime Minister Modi accountable for the central government’s alleged neglect of the Palamuru irrigation project in Mahabubnagar, Telangana.
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Rama Rao said he wants to “hold Modi accountable” for the NDA government’s neglect of the Palamuru irrigation project over the past 10 years.
Rama Rao, the son of Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao, asked Prime Minister Modi how much assistance the central government had provided to the Palamuru irrigation project in the past 10 years. He said that the answer was a “big zero” and that the people of Telangana would give Modi’s party zero seats in the next election.
