Shashi Tharoor calls KCR 'Chota Modi', says 'Government of Telangana is acting as a surrogate to Modi

Telangana is prepping up for an intense battle. Stalwarts from every major political party are making a beeline to state to indulge in a battle of wits. Political mudslinging, allegations and counter allegations will become order of day for next few days or even months. All this, even as Election Commission of India (ECI) is yet to formally anunce polling dates for youngest state in India. Principle parties in Telangana are charting out ir strategies, expecting elections to be anunced for state somewhere in end of vember.

It is in this frenzied atmosphere that Congress leader Shashi Tharoor stepped into Hyderabad for a two-day tour to bolster party's efforts to capture power in state. sooner did he step into Gandhi Bhavan on Tuesday, Tharoor expectedly trained his guns against Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Telangana caretaker Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao (KCR). 

Drawing many parallels between PM Modi and KCR, Tharoor said, "We are heading into elections and we only have a few months to undo terrible price people have paid by electing Modi and Chota Modi KCR in 2014. Mistakes are common in democracy. Voters can undo ir mistakes in coming elections."

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"Government of Telangana is acting as a surrogate to Modi. Look at Confidence Motion. KCR abstained from voting for neighbours (Andhra Pradesh). Look at GST. Every anti-people policy of Centre was supported by KCR. A vote for TRS is a vote for Modi. re's an unholy alliance by TRS with a Hindutva party in Delhi. If you believe that rule has been disastrous, n vote TRS out," lambasted Tharoor.

During second half of his speech, Tharoor fired all his salvos towards Prime Minister.

"Modi's speeches (for so many years) have been good in diagsing problems faced by country but re has been tangible benefits of his dissection. Demonitisation is a terrible example. People in micro enterprises lost ir jobs because money dried up. It's a criminal act," claimed Tharoor.

" GST was blocked. rollout was hasty and Centre was ill prepared. It collapsed more often than it connected. Every small shop has to file 37 forms. It has only done good for chartered accountants as people were forced to approach m for filling se forms,"  Tharoor quipped.

Tharoor ended his speech by touching upon topics such as Rafeal deal, growth rate of agriculture, lynchings and urged people to vote out BJP and TRS governments.

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