After heavy trolling by netizens in the social media over the violation of traffic rules by his vehicle a couple of days ago, Telangana Rashtra Samithi working president and state IT minister K T Rama Rao on Monday not only paid the challan, but also felicitated the traffic cops for discharging their duties sincerely.
On Saturday on the occasion of Gandhi Jayanti, a vehicle of KTR’s convoy jumped the traffic rules and was driving in the wrong direction at Bapu Ghat near Langar Houz, when traffic sub-inspector Ilaiah and constable Venkateshwarlu stopped it.
This angered the local TRS leaders, who shouted at the cops for stopping KTR’s vehicle.
“How dare you stop the vehicle of the chief minister’s son?” they argued with the cops.
While the SI and constable said they were not aware that it was KTR’s vehicle, as he was not there in it, higher officials intervened and allowed the vehicle to go. However, it made a news in the television channels and social media immediately.
In the next two days, there were several comments on the violation of traffic rules by KTR’s vehicle. The netizens questioned why there are different rules for a common man and the chief minister’s son. They also questioned the authority of KTR.
Realising that the incident has damaged his reputation, KTR quickly reacted to it. On his instructions, the traffic police raised the challan on his vehicle for plying in the wrong direction and KTR immediately paid the amount.
Later, he called up the SI and the constable to Pragathi Bhavan and appreciated them for doing their duties sincerely. He also felicitated the traffic cops with a shawl and bouquet.
The minister said the rules are same for all – whether it is a common citizen ior a public representative. He said the government would stand by the officers like Ilaiah who worked sincerely.
KTR claimed that he always followed traffic rules and never violated the same. He reminded that he was not there in the vehicle when the incident took place.
He said he had paid the challan amount to send the right message to other leaders and party workers.
