Bye-Bye, KCR”: Rahul Gandhi’s Tongue-In-Cheek Farewell At Telangana Rally

Hyderabad: 

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi interrupted his party’s Telangana chief and shouted “bye-bye, KCR” into the mic as he took a dig at Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao during a rally ahead of voting in the state on Thursday.

Rahul Gandhi’s tongue-in-cheek remark elicited peals of laughter and waves from the audience, shows a widely shared video from the rally on Sunday.

KCR is the popular name for Telangana Chief Minister and Bharat Rashtra Samithi chief Chandrashekar Rao, who has ruled in the state since its formation in 2014 and is now looking for a third term. 

Kamareddy is set to see a triangular contest between the Telangana Congress chief, KCR and the BJP’s K Venkataramana Reddy.

In a series of rallies in the state on Sunday, Rahul Gandhi took aim at both the BRS and the BJP and said the Congress is going to “sweep the upcoming elections”.

“Today, there is a fight between ‘dorala sarkar’ (feudal government) and ‘prajala sarkar’ (people’s government) in Telangana. Your chief minister is asking what the Congress has done. The question is not what the Congress has done, the question is what KCR has done,” Mr Gandhi said.