Violence has no place in democracy: K T Rama Rao on attack against BRS MLA

Reacting to the recent attack on Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS), MLA Guvvala Balaraju and MP Kotha Prabhakar Reddy, Telangana Minister KT Rama Rao said there is no place for violence in democracy and hoped everyone would exercise restraint.

“Unfortunately, we have seen a few incidents of violence this time in Telangana. One related to our MP Prabhakar Reddy, who is contesting as a candidate from Dubbak constituency, and another incident involving Guvvala Balaraju. These are truly unfortunate incidents. Violence has no place in democracy and I hope and pray that everyone shows restraint and whoever committed this is brought to justice at the earliest,” he said while on his way to meet the Atchampet MLA- candidate of the party at Apollo Hospital.

The BRS working chairman said it is the frustration of the opposition camp that is visible in the attacks.

“I think it is the frustration that is creeping in from the opposition camp and is visible. It seems they have realized they are losing the plot and the election. The law will take its own course and whoever did this will have to face the consequences,” KTR said.

Commenting on Prime Minister Narendra Modi attending a rally in Telangana’s Secunderabad on Saturday, KTR said, “Modi can try whatever he wants. The fact is that his party is not in the race in Telangana.”

On Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s proposal to form a committee to consider sub-categorization of scheduled castes, KTR said: “Committee means delay and delay of justice. If Modi is sincere, he should just implement it. He should not appoint another committee to investigate. It shows that he is not interested, he is fooling people again.”

Speaking about the criticism that Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao has not appointed a chief minister candidate, KTR said, “It is an old criticism. It’s been talked about for the last nine and a half years. We went to elections in 2018. with KCR as our chief minister candidate and the people voted him back. This time KCR will be our chief minister. I am confident that people will vote for him again.’

KTR visited Atchampet MLA Guvvala Balaraju, who was injured in an attack by alleged Congress workers. He inquired with the doctors about Balaraju’s health condition.

Balaraju was a prominent leader of the Telangana movement. KTR assured his family that the party will support him. He added that he would speak to the Telangana DGP and take necessary steps.

Telangana will go to assembly elections on November 30 and the counting of votes, along with that of four other election-bound states, is scheduled for December 3.