Nirmala Sitharaman raps collector in Telangana, KTR 'appalled'
India Today
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman questioned a district collector over the price of rice in Telangana's Kamareddy. Telangana Minister KTR said he was "appalled" by the incident.
Telangana minister KT Rama Rao expressed shock over Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman reprimanding a district collector for being unable to provide her an answer to what was the Centre and state's share of rice supplied through fair-price shops.
The incident was reported from Birkroor during an inspection of a Public Distribution System (PDS) ration by the Union Minister.
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman had also asked the district collector, Jitesh Patil, as to why the picture of Prime Minister Narendra Modi was missing.
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Responding to the incident, KTR said in a tweet on Friday night, "I am appalled by the unruly conduct of FM Nirmala Sitharaman today with District Magistrate/Collector of Kamareddy."