The Congress party faced a humiliating defeat in the hands of Telangana Rashtra Samithi headed by chief minister K Chandrasekhar Rao with a huge margin in the recent assembly elections in Telangana.
Yet, the Telangana Congress leaders believe that KCR is not going to be a factor in the coming Lok Sabha elections and that the Congress can bounce back to win majority of the MP seats in the state.
According to Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee president Capt N Uttam Kumar Reddy, the Congress party would have a clear edge over all others in forthcoming Lok Sabha elections as the polls would be fought primarily between Congress president Rahul Gandhi and Prime Minister Narender Modi.
“The TRS is no factor in the Lok Sabha polls,” he said.
Addressing party leaders from Nagarkurnool, Mahabubnagar, Khammam, Mahabubabad, Nalgonda and Bhongir Lok Sabha constituencies in seperate meetings on the second day of brainstorming on Saturday, Uttam aid that the party cadre must convey to the people and convince them that the next Lok Sabha elections are between Congress and BJP and they should vote to make Rahul Gandhi the next Prime Minister of India.
He said there would be a huge difference between the issues that dominated last Assembly elections and those which would be raised in forthcoming Lok Sabha polls.
Stating that there were multiple reasons including EVM tampering and deficiencies in poll processes for Congress party's defeat in Assembly elections, he asked them to be extra vigilant and smart to win Lok Sabha elections.
AICC general secretary R C Khuntia said TRS and Chief Minister K. Chandrashekhar Rao would have no relevance in the Lok Sabha polls.
"KCR is a spent force in Telangana as far as Lok Sabha polls are concerned. TRS and BJP are one and the same. Even if KCR wins all 16 Lok Sabha seats as he is claiming now, he will not be able to form the government at the Centre. He will certainly join or support the BJP-led front. Therefore, people should be properly briefed that voting for TRS was like voting for BJP," he said.
Uttam Kumar Reddy alleged that the TRS has contaminated the entire election process in Telangana.
He said the flow of money and liquor among voters by TRS was so high during Assembly elections that it corrupted young minds and many people mistook elections for a season when liquor and money is served for free.
“As a responsible political party, he said that the Congress party and its cadre has a responsibility to stop this trend,” he said.
