"As long as KCR is alive the Telangana state will remain a secular state. We are a secular state and we will be a secular state. It is our party's principal. The Telangana Ganga-Jamuna Tehzeeb is an example to the whole country and we have to maintain that," he said.
Ahead of the November 30 Assembly elections, Congress national president Mallikarjun Kharge on Wednesday slammed the ruling Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) in the state and took a dig at Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao on corruption and development issues in Telangana.