Hyderabad: Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao said people should think and decide whether they wanted to live in a “peaceful Hyderabad filled with communal harmony or a city burning with communal clashes”.

KCR in his address at a joint meeting of TRS MLAs, MPs and MLCs in the Telangana Bhavan on Thursday, he said it was time the country emerged from the clutches of the BJP and Congress. “Do people want to see Hyderabad filled with peace and communal harmony? Or the city burning with communal clashes? Do they want a Hyderabad where people of all the faiths and regions live like brothers? Or do they want a Hyderabad where people stab each other in the name of religion? Do they want development or disturbances? People should think and decide,” the KCR said.

KCR expressed confidence that the TRS would win 100 divisions in the GHMC polls and register a solid victory like in the 2016 elections. “All surveys have predicted that the TRS will win 100 divisions,” he stated. KCR also said “Movements are not new for the TRS. Several belittled us. At one point, some said the TRS chapter was closed. But we bounced back and shot down the opponents. TRS is a formidable political force in the country, a well-wisher and protector of Telangana. We have been winning election after the election. We will also win in the GHMC elections,” he said.

KCR instructed party leaders “BJP is spreading canards against the government. You should effectively counter them and give correct information to the people”. Emphasising there were no communal clashes in the city under the TRS rule, the CM said Hindus and Muslims lived in harmony here. “As Hyderabad is peaceful, the city has attracted over `2 lakh crore investments, including the latest investment of `21,000 crore by Amazon, he pointed.