PM's "Dress Code" Slammed By Telangana CM

PM Modi "dresses for elections" and his budget exemplifies "style without substance" - Telangana CM KCR unleashed Insults 101 on the PM and the BJP as he ripped into the Budget yesterday, calling it "terrible and Golmaal (chaotic)".

In 3 days, the two come face-to-face for a mega event, but Mr. Rao says he won't flinch at sharing his criticism in person.

"Upar Shervani, andar pareshani (all style, no substance)," the CM quipped, mocking the "Gujarat model" that the BJP flaunts as an example of PM Modi's governance.

KCR doesn't mince words when he decides on a target. Ironically, he has been accused in the past of being the B-team for the BJP and his TRS has mostly backed the Modi government on key legislation in Parliament.

On PM Modi, he sneered: "If it is election time, he has to grow a beard and appear like Rabindranath Tagore. Arrey baap re. If it is Tamil Nadu, he must wear a lungi (sic), what is this?...What does the country get With these kinds of gimmicks, what does the country get? If it is the Punjab election, he will wear a pagdi (turban). In Manipur, it will be a Manipuri cap, in Uttarakhand, it will be another topi (cap), how many caps like this?”

On Saturday, KCR is set to share a helicopter ride with PM Modi when they travel to the outskirts of Hyderabad for the launch of a statue of Saint Ramanujacharya, said to be the world's 2nd tallest and built at a cost of ₹ 1,000 crores.

Asked about the potentially "awkward" trip with PM Modi, KCR told the reputed media channel: "It is automatic. Sharing (a dais or a chopper ride) is not the question at all. Whenever the PM comes to any state, the CM goes and welcomes him. It is a routine thing, a protocol requirement... Attacking him in politics is my policy. Even while sitting along with Mr Modi in his helicopter I will tell him the same thing."