CM face will be from backward caste, says Shah

Union home minister Amit Shah on Friday announced that if the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is voted to power in Telangana, it would make a leader from Other Backward Classes (OBC) community the chief minister of the state.

- Srinivasa Rao Apparasu

Addressing an election rally at Suryapet, Shah accused the ruling Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) of cheating Dalits, tribals and OBCs in the last nine and half years. “ BRS is anti-poor and anti-weaker sections, as it has failed to fulfil promises made for their uplift, including distribution of three acres of land for each Dalit family,” he said.

The Union home minister recalled that BRS president and state chief minister K Chandrashekar Rao had promised to make a Dalit the chief minister if his party was voted to power in 2014. “He conveniently ignored his promise. He is now trying to project his son K T Rama Rao as his successor,” he criticised.