New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday claimed that Telangana chief minister K. Chandrashekar Rao proposed to join the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) in 2020 but he rejected the offer because of his “deeds”.Speaking at a rally in poll-bound state’s Nizamabad district, the prime minister said that KCR made the offer after the muncipal elections to Hyderabad in December 2020. Because of the split verdict in the polls, the Bharata Rashtra Samithi (then Telangana Rashtra Samithi) needed external support to win the mayoral polls.“Before the municipal election, he used to welcome me at the airport with garlands. But he stopped suddenly. Why did he suddenly become upset?” Modi asked.There's a reason KCR doesn't look me in the eye! I did not agree to KCR’s request to join the NDA in exchange for BJP's support in GHMC. There's no question of supporting BRS!I also warned him against passing the baton to KTR. After all, we are a democracy, not a monarchy! pic.twitter.com/RzttSFnvC0— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) October 3, 2023“After the elections, KCR came to meet me in Delhi. He praised me a lot. He asked me to extend support to him. He wanted to join the NDA,” he claimed. The prime minister said that he told the Telangana chief minister, “because of your deeds, Modi cannot join hands with you”.The BRS and All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (MIM) joined hands for Hyderabad’s mayoral polls. While BJP won 48 seats, the BRS won 56 and MIM 43.Modi said that while the BJP-led Union government gave money to the BRS government in Telangana for development, the latter “looted the money that was sent for the welfare of the state”.Reacting to the claim, KCR’s son and Telangana IT minister K.T. Rama Rao (KTR) said that the BRS does not have the misfortune of having to join the NDA. “KCR is a fighter. He will never join hands with a cheater,” Rama Rao said.“NDA is a sinking ship. Allies like the Telugu Desam Party, Shiromani Akali Dali and the Janata Dal (United), Shiv Sena have left the alliance,” he said, adding that the real “partners” in the alliance were investigating agencies like the Enforcement Directorate, the Central Bureau of Investigation and the Income Tax department.He added that the Union government has contributed nothing to the development of Telangana since it was formed in 2014, and therefore the people would ensure that the BJP wins nothing in the upcoming state polls.“We will fight the BJP electorally and defeat them,” Rama Rao said.BRS Working President KT Rama Rao reacts to PM Modi’s statement that Telangana CM KC Rao wanted to join NDA“…This PM is so inconsistent, he says that BRS fundedCongress in Karnataka and that he has not allowed us in NDA. Have we been bitten by a mad dog that we will join… pic.twitter.com/PKyTBSGNZ0— ANI (@ANI) October 3, 2023Telangana Congress leader Revanth Reddy said on X (formerly Twitter) that the prime minister’s revealation showed that Modi and KCR were working together in secret.