Telangana Rashtra Samithi president and caretaker chief minister K Chandrasekhar Rao is known for his punchy dialogues while attacking his political opponents.
He does not mince words when he wants to attack someone in harshest language and they hit the opponents so straight that they cannot even give a proper retort.
For the last few days, KCR has been targeting his Andhra Pradesh counterpart and Telugu Desam Party president N Chandrababu Naidu, who joined hands with his main political rival Congress in the Telangana elections.
In the initial days of his campaign, KCR used strong words against Naidu, calling him “Rakshasudu” (demon), “Durgmargudu” (wicked), “Kapati” (Cunning) and “Neechudu” (mean fellow).
He, somehow, toned down his language later and confined himself to normal political criticism. But after the Friday’s public meeting of Sonia Gandhi, KCR once again went on rampage and started attacking the TDP president as usual in strongest words.
On Sunday, KCR called Naidu a “mental case,” while addressing a public meeting at Parigi. And he gave an explanation why the TDP chief is fit to be called so.
“Naidu says he has built Hyderabad. Then what had the Qutub Shahis done? Was Naidu born four hundred years ago like Qutb Shahis?” he said, referring to the Andhra Pradesh chief minister’s claim that he was instrumental in the development of Hyderabad and creation of Cyberabad.
“Quli Qutb Shah, who founded Hyderabad, would be turning in his grave if he could listen to what Naidu has to say now about the city,” KCR said.
He wondered why Naidu who had claimed to have built Hyderabad during his nine-year rule could not lay a single brick in Amaravati, the new capital city of AP, in the last four and a half years.
“Naidu has done nothing but creating computer generated graphics of Amaravati in these four years,” he said.
Giving another example of why Naidu could be called a “mental case,” the TRS president said during his tenure as the chief minister of the combined Andhra Pradesh, Naidu wanted officials to ban goats to protect forests.
“Goats and sheep are part of the eco system and they existed in this world even before Naidu. Who is first in the evolution? Goat or Naidu?” KCR asked.
He alleged that when he was part of the TDP, Naidu used to humiliate Telangana MLAs of the party.
“During ticket distribution as they were made to wait under hot sun at the NTR film studio at Nacharam.
“I was a young politician at that time and so, I didn’t dare question the discrimination. But when Naidu hiked power tariff and refused to accept my request, I didn’t hesitate any further and rest is history,” KCR said.