Telangana is India’s Afghanistan, says Sharmila

YSR Telangana Party President Y.S. Sharmila on Sunday launched a scathing attack on Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao, terming him “Taliban”. “Telangana is Afghanistan of India and KCR is its Taliban,” Sharmila told reporters in Hyderabad, hours after she was arrested by the police in Mahabubabad and her padyatra stopped. Sharmila, who was brought to Hyderabad by police after arresting her at Mahabubabad on allegations of making inappropriate remarks against a local MLA of ruling Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS), also termed KCR a dictator and a tyrant. “There is no Indian constitution in Telangana. There is only the KCR Constitution,” she alleged. Stating that KCR does not understand democratic language, she said they may have to approach the court again for a fresh permission for padyatra. Sharmila said it was BRS MLA Shankar Naik who had made objectionable comments against her and instead of taking action against him, the police arrested her. She alleged BRS leaders were using abusive words and resorting to physical attacks on YSRTP cadres and disrupting her padyatra.