• Are you a reformer or a populist?
I am a reformer and believe in liberalisation. The pro-poor initiatives are exactly what our party calls reforms with a human face.
• But you are accused of being an authoritarian.
Only two Congress MLAs have ever complained against me.
• Congress has 38 MPs from Andhra Pradesh. You may be losing most of them next time?
When we go to next elections, 1.5 crore voters will be living in houses provided by this Government. There will be 50 lakh beneficiaries of old-age pension. There are more than a crore Self Help Groups, already distributing Rs 7,000 crore in loans at three per cent interest. Far from losing, we will get more in the next elections.
• Are you in touch with the Telengana Rashtra Samiti? Will they be your partner in the next elections?
We are in touch with them. They should have been a little more patient on the issue of Telengana. We would like them to be on our side and there is a good possibility of that happening.
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