KCR’s son and Telangana Minister KT Rama Rao is trying hard to put a full stop to the ongoing social media agitation against alleged uranium mining in Nallamala forests in Mahabubnagar district. He says that the TRS will not give permission to the mining under any circumstances. What is currently going on is just search by geologists in the hill forests. The search is taken up under the Central Government departments. No mining has begun anywhere in the state.

KTR’s clarifications came amid rising wave of protests from all sections of Telugu states. Celebrities’ support and Twitter messages have further intensified the ‘Save Nallamala’ from the radiation that may be caused in future. Star heroine Samantha, Heroes Ram, Devarakonda Vijay, Tanikella Bharani and others have expressed their total support to the anti-uranium agitation.

The fears of the common public are that uranium exploration may lead to radiation and pollution of the waters in the Krishna river which is central to drinking water needs of both Telugu states. The uranium deposits are said to be present in Nallamala forests spread over Kurnool, Kadapa, Prakasam, Guntur and Mahabubnagar districts.

KTR, working president of TRS, responds on Lok Sabha results after the postmortem on results by the party. There have been debates about TRS’s under-performance in Lok sabha elections compared to assembly elections. Some pointed out that candidates selection was wrong and some opined that anti-sentiments on TRS increased in last 4 months. However, KTR rubbished all of them.

KTR admitted that he didn’t expect this kind of results and told there was a peculiar trend in this results. He also rubbished the statement that candidates selection was wrong. However, he added that there is no single reason for this but there are many reasons. He called cadres of the party not to be disheartened with this results. He told that the party got 4 lakhs votes less than what it got during assembly elections. He also told that he did not failed as working president of the party. While speaking about Nizamabad result, he told that, Congress and BJP colluded here and thats the reason for Kavitha losing the election. He told, those who contested against Kavitha were not farmers but the cadres of some political party and all their nomination forms were filled at the residence of a Congress party leader in Jagithyala.

But anyway, TRS results in Lok Sabha, just 4 months after thumping success in assembly results, prove that politics are really dynamic and there is no need for any political party to be complacent about their prospects in next elections.

Hyderabad: TRS working president KT Rama Rao has warned Congress party with defamation case if it doesn’t stop making false allegations against him over Intermediate results issue. He further clarified that the Telangana IT department was not at all associated in awarding contract to Globarena Technologies. The contract awarded by the Intermediate Board to Globarena Technologies was Rs 4.35 crore and Congress party says kickback received for the contract were Rs10,000 crore. This shows the wisdom of Congress party, maintained KTR.

“The Congress party is linking the Intermediate results fiasco with Education department and IT department. I once again clarify that the IT department doesn’t have any role in awarding the contract to Globarena Technologies. And the IT department doesn’t involve in Intermediate exams and results. So, in what way Congress wants to blame it on me?” remarked KTR.

“If Congress party doesn’t stop leveling false allegations against the TRS government and me, I’ll file a defamation case against the grand-old party. Congress chief Rahul Gandhi apologised in the court for his remarks against Prime Minister Narendra Modi. I suggest you that don’t drag yourself into such situation. It’ll spoil your party image in the public,” said KTR.

While referring to a challenge posed by Congress senior leader V Hanumantha Rao, KTR further added that “I don’t have to accept the challenge from a buffoon to prove my innocence by taking a oath at Peddamma temple. The opposition parties are trying to brand me as a thief and demanding me to prove myself.”

Under flak from all quarters for the goof-up in Intermediate examinations, Telangana Board of Intermediate Education (BIE) on Wednesday decided to involve another independent Information Technology agency in re-verification and result processing of nearly 3.5 lakh students who failed to obtain pass marks.

Besides Globarena Technologies, which is being blamed for the massive bungling, another independent agency will be involved in the work.

BIE Secretary D. Ashok announced that the responsibility to select an independent agency was entrusted to Telangana State Technological Services (TSTS).

The decision assumed significance in view of the allegations by the opposition parties that the state government gave the contract to Globarena Technologies as the company had links with Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) working president and former IT minister K.T.Rama Rao. They also alleged that the government was trying to shield the company.

Rama Rao, who is son of Chief Minister K. Chandrashekhar Rao, on Wednesday dismissed the allegations by the opposition parties. He alleged that they were playing with the lives of the students.

Stating that the IT department has nothing to with the BIE, Rama Rao said the opposition parties were doing cheap politics over the issue. “Will somebody give Rs 10,000 crore bribe for Rs 4 crore contract,” he asked, referring to allegations by a Congress leader.

Over 9 lakh students had appeared in Intermediate 1st Year and 2nd Year (11th and 12th standard) in February-March. The results were declared on April 18, which triggered an uproar among students who alleged large-scale discrepancies in valuation of papers and processing of the results.

More than 20 students committed suicide during in the last two weeks over the failure in exams. Massive protests by the students, parents and opposition parties forced the government to order free re-verification of answer sheets of all students who failed to obtain pass marks.