Senior Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) leader and former Minister T. Harish Rao ruled out the ongoing rumours about an alliance with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). He reiterated that the BRS would fight the next elections by itself and return to power.
Mr. Rao said the BRS chief and former Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao (KCR) had already clarified the BRS’s stand in a recent public meeting near Warangal that it will not form alliance with any party, and the rumours should be laid to rest. People want the BRS to return to power, and that is the mood in the villages, he said adding that it would win minimum a 100 seats.
The former Irrigation Minister addressed the cadre during the Telangana Formation Day celebrations at the Telangana Bhavan, Hyderabad on Monday (June 2, 2025). He cleared the air on the alliance a few days after MLC K. Kavitha alleged that there were multiple attempts to merge BRS with BJP. In his fiery speech, he targeted the BJP and the Congress and accused them of compromising with Telangana’s water interests.
The inaction on the Banakacherla project, a contentious inter-State water issue, reflected the government’s callous attitude, he alleged and revealed that the BRS would take the issue to the Supreme Court. The BJP, he said, was trying to please the Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu who was extending support to the Central Government.
Warning police officials, he said that those targeting the BRS workers would not be spared and their names were being noted in the ‘Red Book’. The next BRS government will ensure punishment to such erring officials, he warned.
Referring to the controversy involving Miss England Milla Magee, Mr. Harish Rao demanded the CCTV footage to be released and immediate action against senior politicians and an IAS officer, who he claimed were reportedly involved in misconduct.
Published – June 02, 2025 03:51 pm IST
