BRS attacks Rahul over Rs 4000 pensions
Deccan ChronicleHYDERABAD: The BRS on Monday severely criticized Rahul Gandhi for his promise of Rs 4,000 per month pension in Telangana, saying he had no clue about what he was talking. Ministers Vemula Prashant Reddy, Puvvada Ajay Kumar and G. Jagadish Reddy, along party MPs and MLAs, speaking to the media, said Rahul Gandhi should first implement the scheme in states where the Congress is in power. Rahul just read a script written by local party leaders and he is not even aware that in Congress-ruled states just a few hundred rupees are given as welfare pensions. Jagadish Reddy, said Rahul Gandhi is a “reader, and not a leader,” and, referring to the ‘BJP Rishtedar Samithi’ comment, added, “The BRS is not a ‘rishtedar’ of the BJP, but it is Rahul Gandhi is a guttedar to the BJP.”