KTR lashes out at Modi over non-allocation of funds for state projects
Ch Sushil Rao | TNN | Jan 5, 2019, 18:34 IST
TRS working president K T Rama Rao HYDERABAD: TRS working president K T Rama Rao on Saturday alleged bias by the Centre against non-BJP ruled states in the country. “Is Narendra Modi the Prime Minister of the country or only of BJP-ruled states?,” he questioned at a press conference accusing him of ‘step-motherly attitude’ towards states where the BJP had no presence or a future.
KTR’s outburst came following a written reply that Medak MP K Prabhakar Reddy got for a question he posed in the Parliament. Union minister of state for water resources, Arjun Ram Meghwal had replied that though the Niti Ayog had made recommendations for financial assistance for Mission Bhageeratha and Mission Kakatiya projects in Telangana, it would not be able to allocate the funds.
K T Rama Rao pointed out that when the BJP-ruled Maharashtra asked for financial assistance for its irrigation projects, the Centre came forward to sanction 25 per cent of the money and had released Rs 3,831 crore as the first instalment this financial year. “Since Union water resources minister Nitin Gadkari comes from Maharashtra, that state is being favoured. Also because it is a BJP-ruled state,” K T Rama Rao said.
The TRS working president declared that the Telangana government would fight with the Centre on issues concerning the state. “CM KCR met Prime Minister Narendra Modi on several issues but the Centre has not responded to any of them,” he said.
Niti Ayog had recommended a financial assistance of Rs 19,205 crore for Mission Bhageeratha and Rs 5,000 crore for Mission Kakatiya, but the Centre had refused to provide the amount to the state, KTR said. He pointed out that that Prime Minister Narendra Modi himself had come to the launch of Mission Bhageeratha in Gajwel at the request of CM KCR and appreciated it. “We are getting appreciation but no funds from the Centre,” KTR said, adding that TRS MPs would take up the issues of the state in the Parliament strongly.
Describing the attitude of the Centre as ‘cheap and silly’ in ignoring the demands of the state, he said in the next elections, the BJP could be assured that it would lose its deposits once again in Telangana. He said though a request had been forwarded to the Centre to give national project status for any of the projects in Telangana, including Kaleshwaram, it was not accepted while AP got national status for Polavaram.
“We will expose this undemocratic behaviour of the BJP. I understand the notification for the Lok Sabha polls will be issued on February 25. The BJP will be taught a lesson in the polls and it will not even win the one seat that it got in 2014,” he said.
KTR’s outburst came following a written reply that Medak MP K Prabhakar Reddy got for a question he posed in the Parliament. Union minister of state for water resources, Arjun Ram Meghwal had replied that though the Niti Ayog had made recommendations for financial assistance for Mission Bhageeratha and Mission Kakatiya projects in Telangana, it would not be able to allocate the funds.
K T Rama Rao pointed out that when the BJP-ruled Maharashtra asked for financial assistance for its irrigation projects, the Centre came forward to sanction 25 per cent of the money and had released Rs 3,831 crore as the first instalment this financial year. “Since Union water resources minister Nitin Gadkari comes from Maharashtra, that state is being favoured. Also because it is a BJP-ruled state,” K T Rama Rao said.
The TRS working president declared that the Telangana government would fight with the Centre on issues concerning the state. “CM KCR met Prime Minister Narendra Modi on several issues but the Centre has not responded to any of them,” he said.
Niti Ayog had recommended a financial assistance of Rs 19,205 crore for Mission Bhageeratha and Rs 5,000 crore for Mission Kakatiya, but the Centre had refused to provide the amount to the state, KTR said. He pointed out that that Prime Minister Narendra Modi himself had come to the launch of Mission Bhageeratha in Gajwel at the request of CM KCR and appreciated it. “We are getting appreciation but no funds from the Centre,” KTR said, adding that TRS MPs would take up the issues of the state in the Parliament strongly.
Describing the attitude of the Centre as ‘cheap and silly’ in ignoring the demands of the state, he said in the next elections, the BJP could be assured that it would lose its deposits once again in Telangana. He said though a request had been forwarded to the Centre to give national project status for any of the projects in Telangana, including Kaleshwaram, it was not accepted while AP got national status for Polavaram.
“We will expose this undemocratic behaviour of the BJP. I understand the notification for the Lok Sabha polls will be issued on February 25. The BJP will be taught a lesson in the polls and it will not even win the one seat that it got in 2014,” he said.
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