The Chief Minister, K Chandrashekhar Rao, has called for the maintenance of the peaceful character of Hyderabad.
Hyderabad:
Telangana Prime Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao has tried to strike a chord with Hyderabad residents ahead of the municipal elections, asking them to “save the city from divisive forces,” implying that the BJP has played a lot in the municipal elections.
The chief minister’s reference to “divisive forces” came hours before Union Interior Minister Amit Shah arrived in the city today to attend various election-related programs.
“… some divisive forces are trying to break into Hyderabad and create havoc … Are we going to allow it? Are we going to lose the peace?” said the Chief Minister on Saturday. He called on the city’s intellectuals and professionals to “come forward, vote and educate the people.” It is to save Hyderabad. It is saving our history. It is to save the peace of Hyderabad, “he said.
Rao spoke at a public meeting at the city’s Lal Bahadur Shastri Stadium as part of his party, the Telangana Rashtra Samiti (TRS) campaign, for the upcoming Greater Hyderabad Municipal Council elections scheduled for December 1.
His reference to “divisive forces” follows frequent conversations by top BJP leaders in recent days about the city that is home to infiltrators from Pakistan and Myanmar.
BJP state chairman Bandi Sanjay recently even threatened a “surgical strike to drive out the Rohingya and Pakistanis” in Hyderabad, while South Bengaluru MP Tejaswi Surya called his Hyderabad counterpart Asaduddin Owaisi. , a “modern Mohammed Ali Jinnah”. These statements have been denounced by TRS, Congress, and All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen led by Owaisi.
Such has been the vitriol during the campaign that Hyderabad police had to issue a warning last week against anyone inciting communal trouble.
Campaigning for the BJP, Uttar Pradesh’s Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath even hinted that the name of the city would be changed to Bhagyanagar.
On Saturday, Chief Minister Rao said: “Yours (BJP) is a very dangerous proposition … Hyderabad is a truly cosmopolitan city … We have been living here, my dear Hyderabad brothers and sisters … I am appealing very seriously … Please support TRS, which is a progressive thinking party. “
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