<p>Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee chief, Capt Uttam Kumar Reddy, defended his remarks calling caretaker Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao a 'batte baaz' (cheater). </p>.<p>He said, in Hyderabadi dialect, a habitual liar and cheater is called a 'batte baaz' and the term perfectly fits KCR as he has cheated all sections of the society during his four-and-a-half year regime.</p>.<p>He was speaking during Congress party’s maiden election campaign from Alampur of Jogulamba Gadwal district on Thursday. AICC Telangana in-charge R C Khuntia and others first visited the Jogulamba temple and performed special pooja before launching the campaign with a road show in Alampur.</p>.<p>"Not a single electoral promise has been fulfilled by KCR. Poor Dalits did not get three acres of land; homeless people were not given double bedroom houses; promise of 12% quota for STs and Muslims remained unfulfilled; one job for every household proved a mirage and all other promises made by KCR proved hollow and fake. For these reasons, I'm calling KCR a 'batte baaz' and 'dhokay baaz," he said. </p>.<p><strong>Lavish lifestyle</strong></p>.<p>Accusing KCR of shattering the aspirations and hopes of people of Telangana, the TPCC chief alleged that KCR and his family had lived a lavish lifestyle using public money. "While poor people lived without a shelter, KCR constructed a palatial bungalow 'Pragati Bhavan' for himself on nine acres of land by spending Rs 500 crore of public money.</p>.<p>“Many people lost their lives after travelling in old RTC buses. But KCR got a huge fleet of luxury cars and a Rs 7 crore Benz bus for personal travel. KCR preferred to stay in his bullet-proof bathroom in Pragati Bhavan than meeting common people in the state secretariat," he said.</p>
<p>Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee chief, Capt Uttam Kumar Reddy, defended his remarks calling caretaker Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao a 'batte baaz' (cheater). </p>.<p>He said, in Hyderabadi dialect, a habitual liar and cheater is called a 'batte baaz' and the term perfectly fits KCR as he has cheated all sections of the society during his four-and-a-half year regime.</p>.<p>He was speaking during Congress party’s maiden election campaign from Alampur of Jogulamba Gadwal district on Thursday. AICC Telangana in-charge R C Khuntia and others first visited the Jogulamba temple and performed special pooja before launching the campaign with a road show in Alampur.</p>.<p>"Not a single electoral promise has been fulfilled by KCR. Poor Dalits did not get three acres of land; homeless people were not given double bedroom houses; promise of 12% quota for STs and Muslims remained unfulfilled; one job for every household proved a mirage and all other promises made by KCR proved hollow and fake. For these reasons, I'm calling KCR a 'batte baaz' and 'dhokay baaz," he said. </p>.<p><strong>Lavish lifestyle</strong></p>.<p>Accusing KCR of shattering the aspirations and hopes of people of Telangana, the TPCC chief alleged that KCR and his family had lived a lavish lifestyle using public money. "While poor people lived without a shelter, KCR constructed a palatial bungalow 'Pragati Bhavan' for himself on nine acres of land by spending Rs 500 crore of public money.</p>.<p>“Many people lost their lives after travelling in old RTC buses. But KCR got a huge fleet of luxury cars and a Rs 7 crore Benz bus for personal travel. KCR preferred to stay in his bullet-proof bathroom in Pragati Bhavan than meeting common people in the state secretariat," he said.</p>