KCR govt. most corrupt: Nadda
The Hindu
‘Kaleshwaram LIP is an ATM, milch cow’
The TRS government of K. Chandrasekhar Rao is the “most corrupt government” with the Kaleshwaram lift irrigation project becoming an ‘ATM’ and a ‘milch cow’ where the cost escalated up to ₹1.2 lakh crore but “not even an inch of water reached the farms”, alleged BJP national president J.P. Nadda on Thursday.
“Was there no corruption in Mission Kakatiya, Mission Bhagiratha or Haritha Haram? Isn’t this KCR government involved in land mafia? This is what happens when you have a wrong person and wrong government. A double engine government here and the Centre under the Modi Government will only benefit Telangana,” he said while addressing a mammoth public meeting in Mahabubnagar, 105 km from Hyderabad.
Mr. Nadda had come to the town to participate in the ongoing Praja Sangrama Yatra second phase of TS BJP president and MP Bandi Sanjay Kumar, which has completed 22 days since April 14.
“KCR has become totally disturbed ever since he lost the by-poll at Dubbak and then Huzurabad. His party has become a ‘Telangana Razakar Samithi’ with its divide and rule policy. But, people of Telangana have made up their mind for a political change and the response and enthusiasm for this meeting are an indication of that,” he claimed.
The party president accused the TRS government of changing the names of Central schemes like free housing, health kits and others and taking the credit. “People of TS have been denied the benefit of the Centre’s health insurance scheme, Ayushman Bharat, which will be implemented when the BJP government is formed here,” he promised.
Mr. Nadda claimed that the Modi government at the Centre is the “most responsible, responsive and proactive” government and the manner in which the COVID pandemic was tackled with lockdown and later, providing free vaccine as well as booster doses to 120 crore people, gave a protective shield to people.
“Developed nations struggled to contain the pandemic despite having better health systems but Prime Minister Modi took decisive steps and provided vaccines to other countries. You are all able to attend this meeting and sitting close to each other without masks shows the policy effectiveness. However, KCR made fun of COVID protocols in the Assembly,” he charged.
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