Less than 10 days left for the election notification, yet the party leadership of Telangana Rashtra Samithi commenced devising strategies to win a majority of the Urban Local Bodies (ULBs) in the State.
A party meeting was organised at State executive committee members at Telangana Bhavan here on Friday, TRS working president and Minister KT Rama Rao discussed poll preparedness of the party and instructed the party leaders on the electioneering.
He issued the following statement “Since the State formation, we have always been focusing on providing basic facilities to people, either in urban or rural areas and also succeeded to a larger extent. We intend to create awareness among people benefited from the development and welfare activities of the State government and seek their blessings in the upcoming municipal polls.”
Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao and his team of ministers thought of launching the Pattana Pragathi (City Development) programme in urban areas which was similar to the lines of Palle Pragathi programme being implemented in rural areas.
He asserted in his statement that, “following the election notification, we will take up the programme soon after the new governing bodies are elected to the ULBs. Apart from allocating dedicated funds for development, all the elected representatives in ULBs will be made responsible for implementing the government programmes failing which stringent action will be initiated as per the new Municipal Act,”
Rama Rao also pointed out at the plans for launching TS-bPASS to provide building permissions in ULBs within 21 days after submitting an application on the lines of TS-iPASS which is providing single-window clearance for industries. He said the government will work with the motto of funding and functioning to create basic infrastructure in municipal areas. “
TRS secretary general K Kesava Rao, Ministers Talasani Srinivas Yadav, Satyavathi Rathod, MPs P Ramulu, Maloth Kavitha, Badugula Lingaiah Yadav and Banda Prakash, Telangana Rashtra Rythu Samanvaya Samithi chairman Palla Rajeshwar Reddy, and other senior leaders were also present during the meeting.
The party leaders have been asked to visit every household and explain about the government’s activities before seeking their vote. TRS president and Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao will soon address the party leaders, including Ministers and legislators, who will be in charge of campaigning,” he added.
Further, Rama Rao ridiculed the allegations of the Congress that the TRS colluded with the State Election Commission to announce municipal elections. He pointed out that the court had disposed of all petitions filed by the Congress leaders opposing the elections and the State Election Commission is an autonomous body, was conducting elections as per norms.
“Usually, the ruling party would shy away from contesting the election, but in our State, the Opposition does not want to contest in the elections. Congress lost credibility and hence, was making such allegations,” he said, adding that TRS was facing tough competition within the party due to a huge number of aspirants seeking to contest the municipal polls.
