BRS Khammam meeting: CMs of Kerala, Delhi, and Punjab slam the Centre

He said the formation that was in power at the Centre was not part of the freedom struggle, and that it had no regard for the institution of democracy and principles of social justice and equality.

“They do not know the values on which India was built, and are now trying to alter the basic structure of the Constitution,” he noted.

Chief Ministers, national leaders and farmers' representatives of many states already reached Hyderabad to attend the BRS (Bharat Rashtra Samithi) party's mammoth meeting to be held in Khammam.#BRSforIndia #AbkiBaarKisanSarkar pic.twitter.com/SUdxNzws0w

— BRS Party (@BRSparty) January 18, 2023

Pinarayi Vijayan speaks at the BRS rally in Khammam, Telangana, on Wednesday, 18 January, 2023. (Supplied)

The CPI(M) leader said that international agreements that the country was making were going against India’s sovereignty as they tried to please the corporate class.

The ruling party preferred a presidential form of governance and it wanted to achieve it with its communal agenda like the CAA (Citizenship (Amendment) Act), he added.

He said that slogans like “One Nation, One Tax, One Election” and so on, went against the federal spirit of the nation. He complimented KCR for coming forward to wage war against the BJP at the Centre.

Also Read: Farmer, water, power: KCR projects ambitions for BRS in Khammam

Kejriwal for Kanti Velugu

AAP President and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal lashed out at the BJP for stooping to the level of using the institution of the Governor to create problems for democratically-elected chief ministers belonging to Opposition parties.

He said it was not governors per se who were creating problems, but it was the prime minister who was making them queer the pitch for the chief ministers.

Addressing a public meeting in Khammam, Telangana | LIVE https://t.co/vj5SlbaQTq

— Arvind Kejriwal (@ArvindKejriwal) January 18, 2023

Arvind Kejriwal speaks at the BRS rally in Khammam, Telangana, on Wednesday, 18 January, 2023. (Supplied)

People should come forward to defeat the BJP in the next elections, he said, showering praise on KCR for the Kanti Velugu programme, whose second phase was launched earlier in the day.

He said that he would replicate the programme in Delhi. “I felt happy when KCR, after watching how mohalla clinics in Delhi functioned, started basti dawakhanas in Telangana,” he said.

He wondered why India should remain laggard at a time when other countries have overshot it in development.

Also Read: KCR seeks mass mobilisation for first public meeting at Khammam

Mann’s fight for change

Bhagwant Mann speaks at the BRS rally in Khammam, Telangana, on Wednesday, 18 January, 2023. (Supplied)

Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann took the Centre to task for privatising public sector undertakings.

On the chopping block were LIC and the railways, and he felt that winds of change were beginning to blow from Khammam.

He felt sorry that the BJP was trying to purchase MLAs to capture power in the state through the backdoor.

He said that he is implementing schemes similar to those in implementation in Telangana, back in Punjab.

Live: CM Sri KCR launching 2nd Phase of #TelanganaKantiVelugu programme. https://t.co/CuJRD8R64O

— Telangana CMO (@TelanganaCMO) January 18, 2023

He stated that he was very impressed with the Kanti Velugu programme and intended to implement the same back in Punjab.

“There is nothing wrong in learning from others. In fact, we should learn from one another rather than fight,” he stated.