Overview

• K. T. Rama Rao said BRS is neither Congress’s nor BJP’s B-team, calling it the A-team of Telangana people.
• His remarks answered Jairam Ramesh’s post suggesting abstaining parties in the Vice-Presidential election were siding with the BJP.
• BRS announced it would skip the vote as a protest over an acute urea shortage, citing solidarity with 71 lakh Telangana farmers.
• KTR recalled offering support to whichever formation ensured two lakh tonnes of urea for the state, saying neither the NDA nor the INDIA bloc acted.
• He noted BRS has four Rajya Sabha members and said the party would have chosen NOTA to register its protest if that option were available.