Telangana’s Finance and Health Minister T. Harish Rao said on Thursday that Governor Tamilisai Soundararajan has been stalling the state’s development.
He stated that the Governor refers to Telangana as ‘My State’ and ‘My Government,’ but was working to hinder the state’s development. He said it was all backstabbing.
In an informal conversation with reporters, he retaliated against the Governor for comments she made during a program the day before.
She had made a remark about Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao, saying that it is easy to meet heads of foreign nations but not the Chief Minister.
Harish Rao said the Governor lowered the state’s honor by making the comments during the G-20 meeting. “This is nothing but humiliating people of the state,” he said.
He stated that people had the impression that the Governor was acting under the direction of the BJP and that she was welcome to enter politics rather than doing politics while sitting in that seat.
Harish Rao asked if there was a provision in the Constitution to invite the Governor to the inauguration of the state Secretariat, in response to the Governor’s claim that she was not invited.
He stated that it was the prerogative of the elected government to decide whom to invite. “Has the Prime Minister invited the President of India for laying foundation of new Parliament? Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated Vande Bharat Express trains. Did he invite the President of India,” he asked.
According to Harish Rao, the Governor kept nine bills pending for seven months, and some of them were only returned after the state government approached the Supreme Court.
The Governor, he stated, slowed the state’s development by halting the bills. “Medical bill was aimed at increasing the age limit of professors as we have shortage of professors. Similarly, Forest University Bill was stopped which provides employment for some unemployed and offers education to the youth. Same was the case with private universities Bill. By rejecting these bills what she had achieved except stopping the progress of the state,” he said.
He also questioned the Governor’s decision not to give consent to a bill for seven private universities when she had cleared a similar bill two years ago.
The minister mentioned a common recruitment board, saying that it existed in Bihar, Jharkhand, and Maharashtra and that there was no reason why it should not exist here.
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