Telangana Rashtra Samiti (TRS) scored another point over all the political parties in the fray as far as the campaign for the election to the Greater Hyderabad elections is concerned. The party today released the Election Manifesto. Along with senior leaders K Kesavarao, D Srinivas, ministers such as Indrakaran Reddy Party in-chage of elections and IT minister K T Ramarao released the manifesto.
The party stood first in many things. It was the first party to launch the campaign by occupying every empty space available in the public sphere of Hyderabad. Similarly, TRS was the first party to announce the first list of candidates . TRS is the only party in the GHMC election which is fielding candidates from all the 150 constituencies.
These many ‘firsts’, definitely, would instill confidence among the party workers that GHMC election is going to herald a new phase in politics of Hyderabad. All these ‘firsts ‘ emboldened the IT minister to throw a challenge to all rivals parties that the ruling party was going to win 100 seats in the GHMC and he would resign, without any hesitation, if the party failed to cross the magic figure. He further asked the rival parties that whether they were ready to resign from their position if the TRS wins 100 seats. Though this sounds a bit rash, the challenge electrified the campaign. Congress did accept the challenge but said it should have come from his father and chief minister K Chandrasekhar Rao. TDP took almost a week to give it reaction on KTR challenge. It was only on Friday that TDP national general secretary Nara Lokesh accepted the challenge and expressed doubt if KTR was really serious about resigning if his party fails to win 100 seats. Later Lokesh announced that he would campaign in Hyderabad till January 30.
Never in the past had TRS was a force in GHMC. Though only one election was held since the advent of TRS in Telangana, the party did not dare contest the election. Now, in the changed scenario, and backed by the state government, TRS machinery is working at full throttle to wrest the GHMC, the only major institution that remains to be conquered by the Pink Army. The party won majority seats in Assembly, Lok Sabha, PR bodies, ZPs, Municipalities.
In the this backdrop TRS party released the manifest promising to make life in Hyderabad hassle free. The manifesto promised more parks, uninterrupted power supply, roads, easy transactions with GHMC , adequate driking water, 42 km long expressway along the river Musi etc. KTR said the TRS would work to improve the infrastructure in the Hyderabad on a par with international status of Hyderabad. Providing quality infrastructure is the guiding principle for the party after winning the GHMC elections, he added.
