Telangana minister K.T. Rama Rao suggested that IT companies should contpkstr establishing their offices in Andhra Pradesh too. He said that Quadrant Solutions should set up its offices in Nellore and Bhimacaram in the neighbouring Telugu state. If necessary, he said that he would speak to AP Chief Minister Y S. Jagan Mohan Reddy and ask him to allocate suitable kand for setting up the IT offices.
This statement evoked applause from the public while he was addressing them in Orugallu. Soon KTR added: “What is wrong in allowing other people also to grow? Instead of quarrelling in the name of caste and religion, it will be good if people can adopt the policy of ‘live and let live’. Even people in Andhra Pradesh would want their children to prosper in their life which means they too should get employment opportunities, he said.
KTR made such a remark only to appease the Andhra settlers in Telangana. Ahead of the Assembly elections, Telangana ministers including Motkupalli Narasimhulu and Talasani Srinivas Yadav also objected to the ‘illegal arrest’of TDP supremo N. Chandrababu Naidu even while the BRS considered the TDP a bete noire during the party’s presence in Telagana.
It may be recalled that KTR made disparaging remarks against the pothole-ridden roads in AP last year.
BRS minister Harish Rao also made some objectionable remarks against AP by asking all the workers from Andhra Pradesh who settled in Telangana to get their voter ID cards enrolled in their state.
Now, one can easily understand why there is a sudden change in tone of the BRS leaders.