TRS poll manifesto draws opposition ire in Telangana

Opposition parties in Telangana Wednesday severely criticised the TRS over promises in the election manifesto for the Assembly elections, accusing it of even "copying" their assurances and recycling its 2014 version.

Seeking to steal a march over other political parties, TRS was first of the blocks to release its manifesto, promising farm loan waiver of up to Rs one lakh, unemployment allowance of Rs 3,016 per month and doubling "Aasara" pension amounts, among others.

The partial manifesto was released by the caretaker Chief Minister and TRS supremo K Chandrasekhar Rao Tuesday.

Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee Chairman N Uttam Kumar Reddy alleged that the TRS manifesto is a "copy" of the promises announced by the Congress in the last few months.

The Congress, which has announced it would fight the December seven poll in alliance with the TDP, CPI and the Telangana Jana Samiti, and the BJP which is going it alone, are yet to unveil their manifestos.

"...sensing a humiliating defeat, KCR (as the Rao is popularly known) has copied all the promises (made in recent times by the Congress) and presented them as TRS manifesto", Reddy alleged.

"More than 4,500 farmers committed suicide due to the negligence of TRS government and not a single family got any assistance so far," he charged.

BJP said it looks at the TRS manifesto as a "second attempt to deceive the people of Telangana" after the one before the 2014 elections.

Telangana BJP spokesperson Krishna Saagar Rao said the TRS' 2014 manifesto now "lies in the dustbin of KCR's residence, as he is work-from-home CM, because none of those promises have been delivered."