The Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) National President and Telangana CM, K Chandra Sekhar Rao, delivered a fiery speech at the BRS open meeting in Maharashtra and sounds poll bugle, under the slogan ‘Abki Bar Kisan Sarkar’.With the winds of change blowing across the nation, he warned that a storm of farmers’ protests was coming and no one could stop it.
In a bold challenge to former Maharashtra CM and current Deputy CM Devendra Fadnavis, CM KCR demanded to know who he was to stop him from visiting Maharashtra.He vowed not to launch any protests in the state unless Telangana-style development was implemented, with schemes like Dalit Bandhu, Rythu Bandhu, 24-hour power supply, and Rythu Bima.
Undeterred by obstacles, KCR promised to keep coming back until these schemes were implemented, challenging other states to follow suit.As a proud citizen of India, he pledged to go to every corner of the country to fight for the rights of farmers and ensure their voices were heard.
Announcing that the BRS, which was now registered with the State Election Commission, would contest from every seat in the forthcoming local body elections in the neighbouring State, he called upon farmers and the BRS cadre to show their strength in the Panchayat Raj and Zilla Parishad elections, following which not just the State government but even the union government would come running to their doorsteps to solve their problems.
Calling upon a massive gathering at Kandhar Loha in Nanded district of Maharashtra to set aside ‘jativad’ (caste) and ‘dharmvad’ (religion) and to uphold ‘kisanvad’ (farmer’s welfare), the Chief Minister said the first meeting itself of the BRS at Nanded’s Bhokar on February 5 had jolted the Maharashtra government into action, which then hastened to announce an input subsidy of Rs.6,000 per acre to farmers.
“This is the power of the pink flag,” he said, stating the input subsidy should be increased to Rs.10,000 per acre as was being given in Telangana.
“Why was this assistance not announced earlier? The BJP government is taking farmers for granted and that’s why the BRS coined the slogan ‘Ab ki Baar Kisan Sarkar’, he said.
