After KCR’s Scathing Assaults On PM, He Will get A Birthday Name

That is their first interplay after KCR skipped assembly PM Modi when he visited Hyderabad

Hyderabad:

Prime Minister Narendra Modi referred to as Telangana Chief Minister Ok Chandrasekhar Rao this morning to want him on his birthday. Mr Rao, or KCR, thanked the PM and “nothing else was mentioned”, sources within the Chief Minister’s Workplace informed NDTV.

That is their first interplay after KCR skipped assembly or welcoming PM Modi when he got here to Hyderabad on February 5 to launch a statue of Saint Ramanujacharya. The Chief Minister had cited well being causes.

Birthday needs to Telangana CM Shri KCR Garu. Praying for his lengthy and wholesome life. @TelanganaCMO

— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) February 17, 2022

In current weeks, KCR has excoriated the Prime Minister and the BJP authorities a number of instances, even urging individuals to “throw the BJP into the Bay of Bengal”.

His assaults on PM Modi have been way more trenchant, even private.

In considered one of his strongest critiques of PM Modi, KCR remarked to reporters that he “dressed for elections”.

“Whether it is election time, he has to develop a beard and appear as if Rabindranath Tagore. Arrey baap re. Whether it is Tamil Nadu, he should put on a lungi (sic), what is that this?…What does the nation get with these sort of gimmicks, what does the nation get? If it’s the Punjab election, he’ll put on a pagdi (turban). In Manipur, it will likely be a Manipuri cap, in Uttarakhand, it will likely be one other topi (cap), what number of caps like this?” he had informed reporters simply earlier than the PM’s go to to Hyderabad.

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin additionally phoned to greet his Telangana counterpart on his birthday.

The 2 Chief Ministers have been bonding of late over their widespread agenda of gathering opposition forces towards the BJP for the 2024 nationwide election.

In December, KCR met Mr Stalin in Chennai. Additionally current had been their households, together with their sons, each politicians. There have been experiences that they mentioned the opportunity of a grouping that would tackle the BJP in 2024.

KCR has additionally been invited to lunch on Sunday by Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray, whose Shiv Sena broke off decades-old ties with the BJP in 2019.

A gathering with Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee can be anticipated quickly. At a press convention on February 13, KCR stated Mamata Banerjee had referred to as him and stated she would come to Hyderabad to satisfy him, “aap mujhe dosa khilayiye (please deal with me to dosa)”.

Earlier than the 2019 election, KCR had visited Tamil Nadu to satisfy Stalin; Odisha to satisfy Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik; and West Bengal to satisfy Mamata Banerjee. These efforts didn’t yield any political outcomes however the regional events look keen to provide it one other shot.