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Hyderabad, Jan.2 (PMI): The Congress party on Wednesday dismissed reports that TPCC
Working President and former cricketer Mohammed Azharuddin might join ruling
TRS party.
“Azhar spoke to me this morning and out rightly denied reports that
appeared in a section of media about his likely exit from Congress party to
join TRS. Someone has misled the media on this issue,” said TPCC
Minorities Department Chairman Shaik Abdullah Sohail while addressing a press
conference at Gandhi Bhavan.
Sohail strongly condemned the TRS for spreading rumours while targeting many
Congress leaders. He pointed out that a section of media has been publishing
stories on likelihood of some Congress MLAs joining TRS. Similarly, they took
the name of Azharuddin to float some baseless and speculative stories in the
social media which later hit the headlines of mainstream media. “Azhar has
clearly stated that he would not quit Congress. He told me that while he was
the Captain of Indian Cricket Team, there used to be some tough times when team
was losing matches. But the entire team remained united to come out of those
situations. Therefore, Azhar has clearly stated that there was no question of
leaving the Congress party just because it had lost the elections,” he
said.
The Congress leader said it was strange that despite winning two Assembly
elections since 2014 and ruling the State for one term, TRS failed to groom
leadership of its own. TRS still does not have a face that it could field as
its candidate in Secunderabad and Hyderabad Parliamentary constituencies.
Consequently, TRS is trying to lure Congress leaders to fill that vacuum, he
said.
“TRS is like a company which does not manufacture its own brand. It simply
buys other products and pastes its own sticker to claim ownership. Almost 50%
of leaders in TRS are originally from Congress. Two out of three Rajya Sabha
MPs of TRS originally belonged to Congress. TRS Government’s flagship scheme
Rythu Bandhu is being run by a Lok Sabha MP who was originally elected on
Congress ticket. Except for KCR family, no other leader could prosper in TRS
and whenever party needed good people, KCR resorted to poaching and horse trading,”
Abdullah Sohail said.
Sohail said that the TRS had won the last Assembly
elections due to EVM manipulation and other irregularities. He said since TRS
could not defeat Congress on field through genuine politics, KCR has been using
money power and other tactics to make some leaders from Congress to join TRS.
“Congress party is like a factory that produces mass leaders. KCR might
stay afloat for some time by poaching leaders from other parties. But
ultimately it will be the Congress party that will emerge winner,” he
said. (PMI)
