KCR again skips PM's event in T'gana; BRS hits out at Centre

Telangana chief minister K Chandrashekar Rao, popularly known as KCR, on Sunday skipped Prime Minister Narendra Modi's public program to launch various developmental projects in the poll-bound state, as the Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) hit out at the Centre and questioned it's alleged apathy towards the Palamuru irrigation project.

- Srinivasa Rao Apparasu

The ruling party in the state also reacted sharply to Modi's remarks that the people of Telangana want a change, saying it is the country that is looking forward to a switch in government.

Assembly elections are due to be held in Telangana this year.

The Prime Minister was visiting the state to lay the foundation stone of multiple developmental projects worth more than ₹13,500 crore and address a public rally in Mahabubnagar. KCR skipped the event and sent his cabinet colleague, T Srinivasa Yadav, to receive and see off the Prime Minister at Rajiv Gandhi International Airport at Shamshabad.

It is not for the first time that the chief minister has given the Prime Minister's events in the state a miss. Earlier in April, Rao skipped a program despite being invited as per protocol. He did not even receive Modi at the airport upon his arrival.