The ruling Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) has demanded that the BJP-led Union Government present a budget that is pro-poor and pro-farmer rather than pro-corporate on February 1, in addition to fulfilling all promises made to Telangana.
Taking a cue from the Telangana government, the BJP government should allocate sufficient funds for the PM Kisan program and provide farmers with Rs.5000 in financial assistance per acre and crop. BRS working president and Industries Minister KT Rama Rao demanded that it also provide free power to the farming community.
“Since this is going to be last budget presented by the BJP government at the Centre, I demand Prime Minister Narendra Modi to consider all the requests made by the Telangana Government and prove his commitment towards Telangana,” Rama Rao said at a press conference here on Saturday.
The Telangana government requested national status for any of the irrigation projects, but it was not considered. Not a single education institution was sanctioned to the State and Nizamabad was denied a turmeric board. He stated that the State Government had already submitted detailed requisitions to the Centre.
In contrast, BJP leaders here made baseless claims that Telangana was debt ridden. Prior to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, 14 Prime Ministers had obtained loans totaling Rs.56 lakh crore in the previous 67 years, he said, and Narendra Modi alone had incurred a debt of Rs.100 lakh crore in just eight years.
Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao has been exposing the opportunistic politics of the BJP. He claimed that the Modi government was against farmers welfare, pointing out that the BJP-led Union government had waived Rs.12 lakh crore in corporate loans but was unwilling to extend free power to the farming community.
In the last eight years, the Telangana government has spent Rs.65,000 crore on the Rythu Bandhu scheme, the Kaleshwaram project, 24 hour free power supply to farmers, Mission Bhagiratha, and a variety of other developmental projects.
Inflation increased during the BJP government’s rule as did the prices of essential commodities and fuel.
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In 2014, a litre of petrol cost Rs.70, and the international crude oil price per barrel was 94 US dollars. In 2023, a litre of petrol was costing Rs.110, despite the crude oil price dropping to 90 US dollars. In the last 8.5 years, the Union Government had amassed Rs.30 lakh crore through fuel cess, he explained.
In response to the BJP leaders’ claim that the Prime Minister had successfully ended the Russia-Ukraine war, the BRS working president pointed out that the neighbouring Karnataka and Maharashtra governments were at odds.
Both BJP-ruled states have been at odds over the jurisdiction of nearly 200 villages for the past two months, he claims, and the Prime Minister has done nothing to resolve the matter.
The BRS working president warned BJP leaders to mend their ways and stop using personal abuse, saying BRS leaders had the ability to respond equally with abusive language.
“We have respect for senior Congress leader D Srinivas but his son and BJP MP Aravind should mind his language. I urge him to prevail upon the Union Government and get Rs.1000 crore for development of Nizamabad, we will welcome him,” Rama Rao said.
The Telangana government has spent Rs. 930 crore on various development projects in Nizamabad over the last 8.5 years. Aside from that, an additional Rs. 100 crore will be spent in the next six to nine months towards Kala Bharathi, laying CC roads and drainage network, pavements, dhobi ghats and other projects, he said.
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