Last Updated: November 27, 2023, 14:29 IST
Telangana Election 2023: PM Modi addressed a rally in Telangana’s Mahabubabad on Monday.
Telangana Election 2023: K Chandrashekar Rao’s beliefs have often come under attack. PM Modi had earlier said that superstitious people cannot work for the development of the state.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday once again slammed the Telangana chief minister K Chandrashekar Rao over his “superstitious beliefs”. “Telangana is identified with tradition and technology, but KCR has branded it as superstitious,” the prime minister said.
Addressing a rally in Telangana’s Mahabubabad, PM Modi further said, “KCR has been leaving no stone unturned to destroy Telangana. Telangana doesn’t need this farmhouse CM. This farmhouse CM will lose on December 3 (election results day).”
On Sunday too, while addressing a rally at Toopran in the Medak district, the prime minister alleged the KCR ruled from his farm house for 10 years.
“Does Telangana need a CM who does not meet people? Why does Telangana need this farmhouse CM? For 10 years he ruled from his farm house, and farmers will send KCR permanently to his farmhouse now,” PM Modi had said.
The prime minister further attacked KCR for his “habit of breaking promises”, alleging that the CM has failed to keep many of his promises.
“KCR broke his promise of making a Dalit the chief minister. He broke his promise of providing jobs to youth. He promised water to farmers and broke that too. He promised schemes, but only gave scams. He also promised to work for your children, but has only worked for his own family and children. He has increased his wealth every year,” Modi alleged.
PM Modi’s Old Quotes on KCR’s ‘Superstitions’
K Chandrashekar Rao’s beliefs have often come under attack. Last year, when PM Modi had visited Telangana for the first time after the high-stakes Munugode bypolls, which the BRS won, he had said that the city of Hyderabad is a major IT hub, but he sees “superstition taking major decisions”.
“The city of Hyderabad is a major IT hub, but what I see here is superstition decides who gets dropped from the cabinet, who will go where, where to live and office location. People here want development,” Modi had said.
In the same year, during an earlier trip too, PM Modi had taken a dig at Telangana CM. The PM had said that superstitious people cannot work for the development of the state.
Vouching for his party and leaders, he added, “I believe in science and technology. I also congratulate Yogi Adityanath, who is a saint but does not believe in superstition. We have to save Telangana from such superstitious people.”
KCR’s Superstitions in Detail
• Soon after taking charge as the chief minister, Chandrasekhar Rao made news for taking part in religious events and changing residence for good ‘Vaastu’.
• Several reports in 2016 stated that KCR moved to a new Rs 50 crore home in compliance with ‘Vaastu’. The chief minister got the camp office at Begumpet renovated which is the tallest with five floors, and six separate blocks. According to his belief, the ‘ruler’ should function from a place that is at a greater height than others.
• A year before he moved into new home, KCR held a ‘Yagyam’ at his farmhouse on the concluding day of the Ayutha Maha Chandi Yagyam. Reports stated that about 150 cooks prepared meals for more than 50,000 people over the five days of the ceremony. The five-day ceremony reportedly cost nearly Rs 7 crore. However, he claimed that he paid for the expenses and roped in some private sponsors.
• In 2018, he even recommended for dissolution of the assembly on September 6 due to his belief in numerology and fascination with number 6.
• Back in June 2, 2014, when KCR was to become the first Chief Minister of Telangana, he timed his oath down to minutes – 12:57 pm. The reason? All the numbers add up to 15, whose individual numerals add up to 6. Even during campaigning, he was driven in cars with number plates whose numerals added up to six.