TRS, BJP, Congress step up campaign in Munugode

The BJP campaign

On Tuesday, 18 October, it was BJP state president Bandi Sanjay Kumar who kicked off the campaign early.

As he arrived at Thirugundlapalli in the Marriguda mandal, a huge crowd welcomed him and other leaders.

Taking part in a road show from the village, the BJP state president scythed through the TRS dispensation in the state.

“The TRS is out to bribe you for your vote. They are ready to offer even ₹40,000 per vote. Take the money but vote for the BJP,” Sanjay Kumar exhorted the electors as he addressed whistle-stop meetings en route to Marriguda in the constituency.

He said had BJP nominee Komatireddy Raj Gopal Reddy not resigned as an MLA, Munugogde would have remained an orphan. “But today, see for yourself how many ministers and MLAs are crisscrossing the constituency, promising the moon to the voters. The credit for getting the TRS machine to move goes to Raj Gopal Reddy,” Sanjay Kumar said.

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The BJP leader also alleged that TRS leaders like the “Dandupalyam gang” — a reference to a gang of dacoits in named after where they were most active between 1996 and 2001 in Karnataka — were surveying the hinterland to identify lands in the name of campaigning for the TRS nominee in the by-election.

“The TRS is planning to occupy them immediately after their candidate wins the election. That is why you should defeat the TRS candidate,” Sanjay Kumar said.

Describing the by-election as a war between Rama Dandu (Lord Rama’s army) and Rakshasas, the BJP state president said that the “gang” that snatched “mangal sutras” in Siddipet was now in Munugode to do an encore. “The by-election is a battle between self-respect and arrogance,” Sanjay Kumar said, applying the slogan of the TRS to the BJP.

Beware Munugode !
TRS Landsharks are on prowl !

KCR’s Dandupalyam batch is roaming in Munugode, inquiring about lands to encroach, if they win bypoll. TRS is giving ₹40000/vote which was earned by looting poor. Take TRS money but vote for Lotus & make Shri @krg_reddy garu win pic.twitter.com/OHxSuWXdkm

— Bandi Sanjay Kumar (@bandisanjay_bjp) October 18, 2022

The TRS campaign

Telangana Panchayat Raj Minister Errabelli Dayakar Rao, campaigning in Ward No: 2 and 3 in Chandur, the TRS headquarters of the Munugode Assembly constituency, took up a door-to-door campaign and interacted with the voters, local leaders in tow.

Dayakar Rao accepted requests for selfies from the youth while he interacted with them, and inquired about their well-being. He also helped people with their regular domestic work.

As he interacted with people, he asked them to reject the BJP outright and elect the TRS, as party chief and Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao had done a lot for the constituency even though it was represented in the Assembly by a Congress leader.

He said he wanted them to realise that the by-election had been forced on them by the avarice of one Congress-turned-BJP leader who was in the fray as the saffron party’s candidate.

He said it was time for the people to teach a fitting lesson to such opportunist and selfish leaders, who forced the by-election driven by greed to make thousands of crores of rupees.

మునుగోడు నియోజకవర్గం ఉప ఎన్నికలో భాగంగా చండూరు 3వ వార్డులో ఇంటింటి ప్రచారం చేస్తున్న 2వ, 3వ వార్డుల ఇంచార్జీ, రాష్ట్ర పంచాయతీరాజ్, గ్రామీణాభివృద్ధి, గ్రామీణ మంచినీటి సరఫరా శాఖల మంత్రి @DayakarRao2019

మంత్రికి బోనాలు, మంగళ హారతులతో, బతుకమ్మలతో ఘనంగా స్వాగతం పలికిన మహిళలు pic.twitter.com/GhD8es5tUc

— Office Of EDR (@BRSPalakurthi) October 16, 2022

Meanwhile, TRS MLC T Bhanu Prasad said it was a shame that the police seized ₹1 crore from a BJP leader’s vehicle, which he claimed was an indication of the flow of money in the constituency.

He demanded to know under whose pressure the Election Commission had retained the road-roller symbol that it had removed earlier, as it was looking like TRS’s car.

“This is a classic case of misuse of the statutory bodies by the BJP,” he said, demanding that the ECI act impartially.

The imbroglio with symbols has cost the TRS dearly in the past, and it was hoping to avoid it this time. However, the Telangana High Court poured cold water on those plans on Tuesday.

The Congress campaign

Meanwhile, TPCC chief A Revanth Reddy asked woman voters of Munugode whether they would want to vote for KCR, who had Telangana into a state of drunkards.

Addressing a whistle-stop meeting at Lakkaram, he said: “When KCR came to power, the excise revenue to the state was ₹10,000 crore, but now it has shot up to ₹36,000 crore. Isn’t this the hard-earned money of our sisters?”

The TPCC chief wanted to know if the youth had laid down their lives for this kind of Telangana.

He said that Munugode had many problems, and yet the state government was not paying any attention to it.

“For instance, there is no move to construct canals for Lakkaram lake. If you want the development of your constituency, please support Congress nominee Palvai Sravanthi, who will fight for you in the Assembly,” he said.

He dared the BJP’s Raj Gopal Reddy to take a vow before Lord Narasimha Swamy that he would not offer liquor to the people while seeking their votes.

మునుగోడు, చౌటుప్పల్ మండలానికి చెందిన పలువురు @BJP4Telangana సభ్యులు మరియు మద్దతుదారులు పార్టీ అధ్యక్షుడు @revanth_anumula సమక్షంలో @INCTelangana చేరారు

తెలంగాణలో గాలి మారింది, రాష్ట్రంలో కాంగ్రెస్ గాలీ వీయనుంది! తోడుదొంగలు, @trspartyonline @BJP4India గడీలు, కూలనున్నాయి! pic.twitter.com/jbi8PWRmbv

— Telangana Congress (@INCTelangana) October 18, 2022