Hyderabad, August 17 (The South India Times): Bharatiya Janata Party Telangana Unit President Bandi Sanjay Kumar, MP on Tuesday refuted the allegation made by Chief Minister K.Chandrashekar Rao that the BJP-led NDA government at the Centre was undermining the federal spirit of the Constitution.
“What does KCR know about the federal spirit? All that he knows is cloud- burst and Jeffersons (a whiskey brand in the US). In fact, whatever development Telangana has witnessed in the last eight years, it was only due to the funds released by the Centre,” Sanjay said, while addressing a public meeting at Palakurthy in Jangaon district, a BJP statement here said. The BJP state president said KCR headed TRS government has not paid salaries to the employees properly and imposed a debt burden of Rs 1.20 lakh on every person’s head.
“Can Chandrashekar Rao explain how many new ration cards and new pensions he has given to the people in the last eight years?” he asked. Sanjay said the Chief Minister was trying to cover up his failures and hoodwinking the people by accusing the Centre of not doing anything to Telangana.
“But the people are aware of everything and they don’t believe him. They are also aware that KCR had not fulfilled many of his promises for various sections of people, including the unemployed youth, RTC workers, and farmers, leading to a spate of suicides by these sections,” he pointed out.
Stating that Prime Minister Narendra Modi had never opposed the implementation of welfare schemes for the poor- est of the poor, the BJP MP alleged the TRS government had extended Rythu Bandhu to rich farmers, but not to the really poor farmers.
“If KCR has been from a rich family right from the beginning, why did he sell his land in Chintamadaka village to the SC Corporation?” he asked. He alleged that the Chief Minister was always interested in coming to power by bribing voters.
“In Dubbaka, he paid Rs 10,000 per vote; in Huzurabad, his party paid Rs 20,000 per vote. Yet, the people had voted against the TRS and taught a lesson to him. Now, in Munugode, he is offering Rs 30,000 per vote,” Sanjay alleged.
He came down heavily on the police for forcibly shutting down shops at Palakurthy in the wake of his padayatra. “Let Police commissioner Tarun Joshi give up his job and join the TRS for a post. If he has sincerity, he should talk about the welfare of police,” Kumar said.
