
Gati Shakti: Nitin Gadkari meets leaders from States
The Hindu
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At a meeting of Union Road Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari with southern States, Telangana Minister K.T. Rama Rao took a dig at Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s slogan “Sabka Saath, Sabka Vikas” and accused the Centre of overlooking Telangana.
Mr. Gadkari was chairing the inaugural session of a conference on PM Gati Shakti — a digital platform for integrated planning and implementation of infrastructure connectivity projects across the country. It was attended by Chief Minister of Karnataka Basavaraj Bommai, Lt. Governor of Puducherry Tamilisai Soundarajan, Chief Minister of Puducherry N. Rangasamy, Minister for Industries, Commerce and IT in Andhra Pradesh Mekapati Goutham Reddy, Kerala Minister P.A. Mohamad Riyas and Telangana’s K.T. Rama Rao.

“Walk for Equality was aimed at creating a movement to crush the forces attempting to divide the people along religious line, said Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (MDMK) leader Vaiko. Concluding his 140-kilometre ‘Samathuva nadai payanam’ from Tiruchi to Madurai on Monday, Mr. Vaiko said, “The Hindutva forces are actively attempting to drive a wedge between communities through various incidents, most notably the Thirupparankundram deepam controversy, using identity-based politics to achieve their divisive motives.”












