Hat-trick for BRS; Cong. and BJP spreading lies: Harish Rao
The Hindu
Hat-trick for BRS; Cong. and BJP spreading lies: Harish Rao
hyderabad
Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) would retain power with a positive vote based on the good work done by the State government since 2014, senior leader of the party and Minister for Finance and Health T. Harish Rao said, exuding confidence about setting a record in the South with Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao achieving a hat-trick.
“There is no agenda for the Opposition, Congress and BJP, except for speaking lies and spreading misinformation,” he said and asked people to vote for BRS for benefiting an entire village and the Congress, only if they want to crate a couple of brokers (middlemen) in every village. He alleged that the Congress was spreading misinformation that BRS and BJP were together, only with an eye on minority (Muslim) votes.
“In case there is any understanding between BRS and BJP, the Governor would not have sat on several Bills, including the one on merging TSRTC with the government. The delay in giving assent to the Bill had prolonged the process of merger,” he said.
The BRS leader also cited several other examples of the Centre victimising Telangana, including the issue of fixing meters to farm pump-sets by linking it with the State’s borrowing limit under FRBM Act.
During the Meet-The-Press programme organised by the Telangana State Union of Working Journalists (TUWJ) here on Wednesday, he hit out strongly at Congress and BJP stating that Congress had surrendered to BJP in Dubbak, Huzurabad and Munugode by-elections, while it was the turn of BJP now to surrender to Congress.
He recollected that BJP had brought an amendment bill to the AP Reorganisation Act to transfer seven mandals along with the Lower Sileru hydro-electric project from Telangana to Andhra Pradesh unilaterally and Congress had supported it.
The Opposition Congress demanded that the government open the Gandhi Vatika Museum, depicting Mahatma Gandhi’s legacy and freedom struggle, built at a cost of ₹85 crore in Jaipur’s Central Park last year, during the Congress-led regime in Rajasthan. The museum has not been opened to the public, reportedly because of the administration’s engagements with the State Assembly and Lok Sabha elections.
Almaya Munnettam (Lay People to the Fore), group in the Ernakulam-Angamaly Archdiocese of the Syro-Malabar Church opposed to the synod-recommended Mass, rejected a circular issued by Major Archbishop Raphael Thattil and apostolic administrator Bosco Puthur on June 9 to implement the unified Mass in the archdiocese from July 3.
Pakistan coach Gary Kirsten stated that “not so great decision making” contributed to his side’s defeat to India in the Group-A T20 World Cup clash here on Sunday. The batting unit came apart in the chase, after being well placed at 72 for two. With 48 runs needed from eight overs, Pakistan found a way to panic and lose. “Maybe not so great decision making,” Kirsten said at the post-match press conference, when asked to explain the loss.