‘TDP using T martyrs’ kin to defame KCR’

HYDERABAD: The Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) on Thursday lashed out at TDP chief N Chandrababu Naidu and leaders of Telangana Telugu Desam Forum for 'luring' the families of martyrs with monetary benefits to make damaging statements against the movement.

Party MLA Koppula Eashwar said it was a matter of shame that the leader of the opposition and his partymen had stooped to such depths that they were arm-twisting the poor families of hundreds of martyrs to spread canards about the struggle for a separate Telangana state and TRS chief K Chandrasekhara Rao.

Reiterating that the party viewed both YSR Congress leader Jagan and Naidu as enemies of the Telangana movement, the TRS leader denied reports of match-fixing between Jaganmohan's party and TRS. "It is strange that whenever KCR speaks or remains silent, a section of the media portrays it as match-fixing," he said.