According to Telangana chief minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao, PM Modi dresses for elections. As he put it “Upar shervani, Andar pareshani” (Outwardly stylish but harrowed by troubles inwardly). He was speaking at a press meet in Hyderabad.
Likewise, he added, the budget exemplifies “style without substance” and mocked the “Gujarat Model” that the BJP flaunts as an example of PM Modi’s governance.
Mr Rao or simply KCR is known to call a spade forthright. “With social media management, lying blatantly, repeating a lie, again and again, they managed to fool the people so far. But now they have been exposed. They play communal politics of hate and division,” he said.
On PM Modi, he sneered: “If it is election time, he has to grow a beard and appear like Rabindranath Tagore. Arrey baap re. If it is Tamil Nadu, he must wear a lungi? What does the country get with this kind of gimmick, what does the country get? If it is the Punjab election, he will wear a pagdi (turban). In Manipur, it will be a Manipuri cap, in Uttarakhand, it will be another topi (cap). How many caps like this?”
On Saturday, KCR is set to share a helicopter ride with PM Modi when they travel to the outskirts of Hyderabad to unveil the statue of Saint Ramanujacharya, said to be the world’s second tallest and built at a cost of ₹ 1,000 crores.
“Now is the time to throw the BJP into the Bay of Bengal. I appeal to people, change is needed. I am talking to people. Indians have to awaken. These people who create communal disturbances, needs to change. In the coming days, we will work for the country. In what role, I am not sure yet,” he said, insisting that he is not fighting to become Prime Minister.
