YSR Telangana Party head YS Sharmila asked chief minister K Chandrasekhar Rao to walk with her for a day on Thursday, brandishing a shoe box containing a pair of shoes to emphasise her challenge. Interacting with media here, Sharmila showed a box containing a pair of sports shoes, inviting KCR to join her ‘Praja Prastana’ padayatra to raise public awareness of public problems.
The padyatra, which was halted last year following an alleged attack on her convoy, would begin today from Narsampet’s Narsampet, according to the YSR leader. She embarked on the padyatra in order to fortify her organisation ahead of the Assembly elections later this year.
In an interview with ANI, the YSRTP president dared KCR to walk with her and stated that she would “retire from politics” if his assertion of Telangana becoming a “golden state” was proven correct.
“Today I challenge Telangana CM KCR to walk with me in Padyatra and we presented a shoe box to him. If in fact, this is the golden state as KCR states, there are no problems to the people of Telangana, if my people are not reeling under poverty as he says, then I will apologise to KCR and retire from politics. But if this is not true, KCR has to resign and apologise to people of the state and make a Dalit a Chief Minister like he promised,” she said.
Asked about the state Budget which would be presented tomorrow in the Assembly, Sharmila remarked that she had no hopes for the budget as the Chief Minister “anyway is not going to stick to it”.
“We have seen KCR has been Chief Minister for eight-and-a-half years now. Seeing his pattern of working, and how he allocates the budget, there is no sense in the budget that the KCR government presents. I don’t see any hope because KCR anyway is not going to stick to it,”she said.
Sharmila went on to say that removing KCR as Chief Minister is the “only hope” for Telangana.
“The only hope for Telangana is that KCR should go home and should not be the Chief Minister any more. I’m looking forward to the Assembly elections for a change of government in the state,” she said.
Meanwhile, Sharmila remarked that Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman’s Union Budget presented in Lok Sabha did not provide much to Telangana.
“Not much has been allocated to Telangana. There were many promises made by the government during the separation when Telangana was formed. Till today, there is no assurance that all of the promises will be kept. We hoped for something for us, but we did not see anything on the promises,” she said.
Sharmila went on to say that removing KCR as Chief Minister is the “only hope” for Telangana.
“The only hope for Telangana is that KCR should go home and should not be the Chief Minister any more. I’m looking forward to the Assembly elections for a change of government in the state,” she said.
Meanwhile, Sharmila remarked that Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman’s Union Budget presented in Lok Sabha did not provide much to Telangana.
“Not much has been allocated to Telangana. There were many promises made by the government during the separation when Telangana was formed. Till today, there is no assurance that all of the promises will be kept. We hoped for something for us, but we did not see anything on the promises,” she said.
