KCR made Telangana number one in farmers suicides and corruption: Amit Shah
The Hindu
At the first election meeting held by BJP after Telangana Assembly Elections-2023 schedule was announced, Union Home Minister Amit Shah charged at Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) Chief and CM K. Chandrashekar Rao and Congress party.
Union Home Minister Amit Shah, on Tuesday, has accused Chief Minister K. Chandrashekar Rao of making Telangana “number one in farmers suicides and corruption across the country during his 10 year rule.” “KCR did not work for the poor, farmers or tribals, but only towards making his son K.T. Rama Rao as the Chief Minister. Not a single promise has been fulfilled as he works only for his family,” he charged at Adilabad.
Addressing the first election meeting on behalf of the party after the dates for Telangana Assembly elections were announced, Mr. Shah said KCR had failed to construct two-bedroom houses for the poor, give three acres to the Dalits and Dalit Bandhu financial assistance of ₹10 lakh has been confined to a few party loyalists. Everyone was also aware that the steering wheel of BRS Government was in the hands of the Majlis leaders, he claimed.
“Do you want to bring back KCR to power? Or, do you want to bring a Government here under Modi’s leadership?.” he asked the gathering, urging them to compare and contrast KCR’s rule and that of Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the Centre.
Exhorting people to elect “Modi on top and bottom” or a ‘double engine’ government, he assured that a BJP Government, if elected here, will focus on providing jobs for youth and water to every acre of farm and certainly not to “benefit a son or daughter”. “It will be a government which will work for the poor, Dalits and Tribals”, he maintained.
If elected to power, the BJP will celebrate the Telangana Liberation Day officially in every district on September 17 as Hyderabad State has the unique distinction of fighting in two freedom struggles – one against the British and another against the Nizam before joining the Indian Union, he said.
Mr. Shah recalled Prime Minister’s recent announcements of ₹950 crore Sammakka-Sarakka National Tribal University to safeguard the tribal art, heritage and culture, National Turmeric Board and strengthening of Krishna Water Dispute Tribunal and said these will benefit Telangana.
Training his guns on Congress Party and Rahul “Baba”, the Home Minister has accused the UPA Government led by the Congress of neglecting development of tribals with paltry budget allocations. The Modi Government has not only increased funds multi-fold for the tribals welfare but had initiated many schemes for their benefit, besides making a tribal, Droupadi Murmu, as the President.
No room for complacency till counting is completed, Chandrababu Naidu tells TDP-BJP-JSP contestants. The TDP-BJP-JSP alliance will register a comfortable victory in the general elections over the YSRCP, he says. Alleging that the YSRCP has conspired to create disturbances on the counting day, the TDP national president advises the chief counting agents and their teams to see to it that the officials adhere to norms related to counting.