Telangana Congress leaders on Friday strongly condemned the silence of Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao over the remarks of Prime Minister Narendra Modi that Andhra Pradesh was bifurcated in a haphazard manner.
Senior Congress leader Ponguleti Sudhakar Reddy said it had taken almost five years for the Congress party to build consensus on the bifurcation as all parties, including TDP, took a U-turn on Telangana issue.
"KCR should have either boycotted the event or at least reacted on PM's remarks on bifurcation. By endorsing Modi's statement with his silence, KCR has insulted hundreds of martyrs who laid down their lives for the cause of Telangana," he said.
Ponguleti described Modi's remarks on AP's bifurcation as an insult to Parliament which extensively debated the Telangana issue. It was also an insult to all martyrs of Telangana.
Modi, Naidu, KCR and also Union Minister M. Venkaiah Naidu acted in the "Amravati cinema" only to mislead the people.
He said despite hundreds of farmers committing suicide in both the States, Modi did not utter a single word on farmers asking them not to commit suicide.
He appealed to the people of Telangana, especially those participated in the statehood movement, to condemns KCR’s behavior and seek his apology for this attitude.
