Telangana needs twin-engine government: PM Modi

At Hyderabad meet, PM Modi says BJP has brought in development across the country

The skies were dark with thick cloud cover and there was intermittent showers but they stopped by the time Prime Minister Narendra Modi rose to give his speech, where he offered a developmental road map for the progress of Telangana, addressing the mammoth gathering at the Parade Grounds here on Sunday.

“People of Telangana have already paved the road for electing the Bharatiya Janata Party [BJP] to power in the State and the enthusiasm of crowd who have come from various districts is a reflection of that”, observed the Prime Minister.

There had been progress and development across the country in the last eight years as the BJP government strove to make people’s lives better and brought about a number of welfare schemes benefiting all sections of the society without any discrimination, he claimed.

“The Telangana people too desire the same with a ‘Double Engine’ government as this region has a hoary past of tales of valour, courage and sacrifice from the times of Rani Rudrama Devi to Komaram Bheem and others. There is lot of culture, arts and crafts and lot of talent and this can be brought forth with fillip being given to innovation and technology by his government,” Mr. Modi said.

He began his speech in Telugu conveying his ‘namaskarams’ to Telangana brothers and sisters, sending the crowd into a frenzy. The party had taken a conscious decision to hold the national meeting in Hyderabad as it discussed steps to take the country development forward with self-reliance as the abiding theme.

In a measured speech, which was strikingly different from the one he had given at the Begumpet airport a month ago when he had lashed out at the TRS government and Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao (KCR) for “corruption, family rule and tyranny”, Mr. Modi totally avoided taking the name or criticising the State government or KCR.

The Prime Minister only went to the extent of stating that the aspirations of the hopes of the Telangana people could be served much better with the BJP government here and at the Centre with its “ sabka saath, sabka vikas and sab ka vishwas” motto.