HYDERABAD: YSRTP president YS Sharmila compared Telangana to Afghanistan. YS Sharmila made the controversial statement while strongly reacting against the KCR government. She said that the state is not governed according to the Indian constitution and that Telangana is the Afghanistan of the country. YS Sharmila also related KCR to Taliban.
Sharmila also criticized that KCR, who rules like a dictator, does not know what democratic values are. Today, Sharmila's arrest was recorded for the alleged remarks against the Mahabubabad MLA. After this, the YSRTP leader came out with the controversial statement.
Sharmila is the daughter of YS Rajasekhara Reddy, who was the chief minister of undivided Andhra Pradesh. Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao did not take Sharmila's move too seriously, even though it was announced that she would go on a padayatra across Telangana. The main reason is that YS Rajasekhara Reddy was the leader who opposed the formation of Telangana. Rao is a leader who fought for Telangana. But KCR was really shocked to see the support when Sharmila's padayatra reached his residence on the 29th after covering 3500 km.
Rao's police towed YS Sharmila Reddy's car and dramatically arrested her. With this incident, Sharmila Reddy's protest has become a nationwide debate. And Sharmila has become the hope of the anti-TRS slums in Telangana. Sharmila is coming with a flame of protest against Rao while the BJP is preparing to capture Telangana in next year's assembly elections. It is reported that if BJP is unable to capture Telangana alone, it will be able to come to power with a Puducherry model operation through Sharmila. After this, YS Sharmila is becoming a permanent presence in the politics of Telangana through constant debates.