People will teach ruling Congress a lesson in local body elections: KTR
'People will teach a fitting lesson to the ruling Congress in the next local body elections for betraying all sections of society,' he said while addressing the party cadre at Telangana Bhavan in Siricilla town of Rajanna Sircilla district on Tuesday.
Earlier in the day, Mr. Rao addressed a series of meetings with party functionaries in Ellanthakunta, Thangallapalli and Boinpalli mandals to gear up the party cadre for the upcoming local body polls.
Mr. Rao lambasted the Congress government saying the villages across the State are grappling with a multitude of problems under the current dispensation. Villages had won awards at the national level during the previous BRS government, he said, adding that the villages are now facing a predicament unable to buy even diesel for tractors in the Gram Panchayats.
A host of promises made by the Congress to women, girls, farmers, unemployed youths and other sections remained unfulfilled till date, he charged, calling upon the party cadre to expose the 'false promises', 'hollow claims' on BC quota, and 'misrule' of the Congress dispensation.
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