KCR govt. has set Telangana back with corruption, says Union Minister Piyush Goyal
The Hindu
The Minister said the BRS government due to corruption by a single family had pushed the State into high debt without scope for taking up any new development projects.
Union Minister for Commerce and Industry Piyush Goyal on Tuesday accused the BRS government led by Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao of being “corrupt and discriminating on the basis of caste and religion, even while practising appeasement politics”, and taking Telangana backward.
“People of Telangana are intelligent enough to know the reality and have decided to send the regime packing and give their support for the BJP government in the forthcoming elections as they are enthused by the Narendra Modi government’s record at the Centre in ensuring corruption-free, development-oriented governance,” said Mr.Goyal while addressing a meeting of party cadre at Jubilee Hills here.
The Minister said the BRS government due to corruption by a single family had pushed the State into high debt without scope for taking up any new development projects.
“We have to expose the misdeeds of KCR, KTR [Minister K.T. Rama Rao] and Kavitha [BRS MLC) by knocking on the doors of every single family. Scholarships have become scarce and recruitments a sham here. This government did not cooperate with the Centre and refused to implement the free housing scheme, farmer insurance and for encouraging new entrepreneurs,” he charged.
Mr.Goyal said the KCR government had dithered on the issue of national tribal university for years and it was only due to the Centre’s commitment that the project got cleared and will be named after the revered Sammakka-Sarakka tribal deities. “The Congress party’s record in scandals is well known in every sphere when it was in power at the Centre and it too was mired in dynasty politics, therefore a vote for it only takes the country and State backward,” he added.
But, on the other hand, the Modi government has been leading the country on a high development trajectory, transforming a fragile economy into top-5 in the world and implementing schemes without any discrimination, he claimed.
“Telangana people are also yearning for a double-engine government providing transparent, corrupt-free governance minus family rule and appeasement with focus on development of new highways, railways, industrial corridors and technology. A historic victory awaits us and the lotus will bloom here, if we work hard,” he exhorted the cadre. Rajya Sabha MP K. Laxman also spoke.
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.