Rahul Gandhi plays monthly pension card to woo voters in poll-bound Telangana

Khammam: Sounding the poll bugle in Telangana, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Sunday announced the ‘Cheyutha’ scheme, which guarantees a monthly pension of Rs 4,000 for the elderly, single women, widows and the disabled if voted to power in the state. , Addressing a public meeting, Rahul Gandhi said, “We are bringing a historic scheme called Cheyutha. It will guarantee Rs 40,000 monthly pension for women, senior citizens in Telangana. We also promise to give pothu land to tribals.” Are.” Hmmmm. Elections are due in Telangana later this year and the Congress is leaving no stone unturned to woo the voters.

Taking a dig at the Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS), Rahul Gandhi proposed a new name for the party, calling it the “BJP Relative Committee”, a comparison between the BRS and the BJP government at the national level. Rahul Gandhi slammed BRS chief and Telangana Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao, accusing him of shattering the dreams of farmers, laborers and victims in the state.

Speaking at the Telangana Janajagarana Sabha in Khammam, Rahul Gandhi said, “TRS has now turned into BRS ie BJP relative committee.” Gandhi said, “Telangana was a dream, a dream of the farmers, laborers and the oppressed. But in the last nine years, the BRS has shattered that dream. The CM thinks he is the king of Telangana. CM KCR thinks He is the king of Telangana.” Raja and owns Telangana.” Rahul Gandhi also highlighted the alleged “corruption and land appropriation” by the BRS, and said the Congress party would return the land to its rightful owners after coming to power.

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Rahul also promised “Podu land for tribals” if the Congress comes to power in Telangana. Podu is a traditional system of farming used by tribes in India, whereby different areas of forest are cleared by burning each year to provide land for crops. He also promised to “provide land to tribals” and expand the scheme to include handloom workers, beedi workers, AIDS survivors, filariasis and dialysis patients.

He attacked the BRS for forging an alliance with the BJP and claimed that the TRS has become the “B team” of the BJP by supporting the Farmers Bill in Parliament. Rahul Gandhi vowed to defeat BJP’s B team in Telangana in the same way as he defeated BJP in Karnataka. Speaking at the Telangana Janajagarana Sabha in Khammam, he stressed the party’s commitment to unite the country and oppose hatred and violence. Expressing his gratitude for the support extended to the people of Khammam, Rahul Gandhi said that Congress is deeply rooted in their hearts and blood.

Rahul Gandhi said, “TRS is taking back the land given to tribals by Congress. The land is yours, not the CM’s. Your CM (KCR) has left no stone unturned when it comes to corruption. Stolen.” sector of society.” Highlighting how the BRS has aligned with the BJP, he said, “In Parliament, the Congress stood against the BJP, but the TRS and CM KCR became the B team of the BJP. TRS extended its support to BJP for Kisan Bill. PM Modi has CM KCR as remote control, so he does whatever he is told.”

Rahul Gandhi promised that if voted to power in the state, he would hand over the land taken by the BRS to its rightful owner. “In Telangana, it is a fight between the Congress and the BJP’s B team BRS. Just like we defeated the BJP in Karnataka, we will defeat their B team in Telangana. During the opposition meeting in Delhi, we made it clear to the opposition That if TRS will attend the meeting, Congress will not attend it… We can never compromise with BJP’s B team,” he said, adding that Congress will not join any group where BRS is involved.

“We talked about uniting the country during the Bharat Jodo Yatra. The whole country supported the yatra and showed that they do not support spreading hatred and violence but uniting the country. Khammam is a bastion of Congress and People have always shown their support.” The people here understand our ideology. Congress is in your heart and blood,” he said. Rahul’s Khammam public meeting came after a meeting of Telangana Congress leaders at the All India Congress Committee office in New Delhi on Thursday, which was attended by Congress chief Malliakarjun Kharge and Rahul Gandhi. According to reports, the meeting was called to discuss preparations for the elections to be held in Telangana later this year.

The meeting comes after former Telangana minister Jupalli Krishna Rao and several Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) leaders joined the Congress on Monday at the AICC headquarters in Delhi in the presence of party president Mallikarjun Kharge and Rahul Gandhi. Earlier, the Congress said that former AP and Telangana minister Jupally Krishna Rao, former MP Ponguleti Srinivas, former MLA Gurnath Reddy, serving Zilla Parishad chairman Koram Kanakayya, former MLA Payam Venkateswarlu, former DCCB president Muvament Vijaya Baby, Pidamarthi Ravi, DCCB President Thulluri Bramhaiya, Markfed State Vice President Borra Rajasekhar, Warya Nagar President S Jaipal have recently joined the party.