Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao said on Sunday that he was forced to form the Bharat Rashtra Samithi and enter national politics after becoming vexed with the governance of both the Congress and the BJP. Both of these parties had failed the people of the country for decades and preferred to focus on their political goals rather than addressing the country’s problems.
“Despite the availability of abundant natural resources, the Congress and the BJP could not cater to the basic needs of the people of the nation. Without a farmer-friendly government at the Centre, this nation cannot progress,” he said, raising his slogan of “Ab ki Baar, Kisan Sarkar.”
In response to the discussion on the State budget in the Assembly, the BRS President explained why he founded the BRS. India had nearly 50 percent of its land fertile enough for cultivation. The country’s rivers had nearly 70,000 TMC of water of which only 21,000 TMC were being utilised. Similarly, despite availability of nearly 361 billion tonnes of coal reserves required to supply electricity to the nation for 125 years, India was importing coal.
“We have a concrete plan to address two major issues – water and power supply, which are plaguing the country for decades. We will supply water to every acre and drinking water to every household within four-five years. We will ensure uninterrupted power to all within two-three years,” he added.
In response to the Opposition’s comments of his assurance to supply water from the Sri Ram Sagar project to Maharashtra, the Chief Minister stated that he was an Indian first before being the son of Telangana and that he wanted the country develop on the lines of Telangana. He said the Babri Masjid issue was a meagre one compared to over 2,000 TMC water from Godavari River was going waste into the sea.
He believed that states could not rely on the Centre to resolve inter-state river water disputes, citing the 20-year delay in finalising Telangana’s share of Krishna River water as an example. “If the Chief Ministers of all the stakeholder States are willing, I am ready to resolve all inter-State disputes across the table. We have done it with Maharashtra and completed the Kaleshwaram project successfully,” he said.
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Chandrashekhar attributed recent power disruptions in the state to a technical problem in transmission lines caused by increased power consumption in the state. He stated that the problem had been resolved and that there would be no power cuts even if the load increased to 16,000 MW.
Following MLA requests, the Chief Minister announced that the State government completed construction of 650 checkdams in first phase and will shortly take up second phase of checkdams for which budgetory allocations have been made. Responding to issues raised by BJP MLA Eatala Rajender, he announced that the diet charges of University students will be revised soon. He asked the Ministers to take note of the issues raised by Rajender and resolve them.
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