Hyderabad, Dec. 22 -- BRS chief and former Chief Minister K. Chandrashekar Rao (KCR) strongly alleged that both the Telangana State Government and the Central Government are jointly betraying Telangana. He clarified that Telangana is not a backward region but one that has been deliberately pushed backward.

According to an official release, he particularly accused the Congress and Telugu Desam governments of committing decades-long injustice to the Palamuru district.

KCR recalled that Palamuru district faced severe discrimination during the united Andhra Pradesh era, to the extent that the district was reduced to setting up "gruel centres" as a consequence of neglect.

He criticised Chandrababu Naidu for raising the slogan of "integrated...