Ponnam Prabhakar Hits Back at KTR Over Remarks on Rahul Gandhi

Telangana Minister Ponnam Prabhakar has responded sharply to former minister and BRS leader K. T. Rama Rao (KTR) over his remarks about Congress leader Rahul Gandhi. Prabhakar said KTR did not have the public standing to comment on Rahul Gandhi and described the Gandhi family as one that had made significant sacrifices. He questioned KTR over incidents during the previous BRS government, including the alleged attack on Dalits in Nerella, farmers being handcuffed in Khammam and the police lathi-charge on Mallannasagar project oustees.

Prabhakar also questioned the previous government’s record on Group-I recruitment notifications, claiming that the Congress government had issued and conducted the examination. He said the Congress government had the ability to implement its promises and accused the previous BRS leadership of focusing on accumulating wealth rather than public welfare. Referring to the Formula E race case, Kaleshwaram project, power purchases and assigned lands, he raised corruption allegations against KTR and the previous government. He concluded by contrasting the arrangements made during the BRS government with those under the present Congress government.