In response to BJP national president JP Nadda’s allegations against the BRS, Finance Minister T Harish Rao stated that the Centre, which was imitating Telangana’s welfare and development schemes, had done nothing for the State. He mocked Nadda’s vow to take power in Telangana, pointing out that the latter failed to lead his party to victory his native State of Himachal Pradesh Assembly elections.
In a strong rebuttal to Nadda, Harish Rao stated that the BJP national president admitted that the BRS cannot be defeated in Telangana unless the former announces VRS (voluntary retirement). He claimed Nadda struggled to find rhyming words but did not elaborate on why the BJP was unable to fulfill its election promises of depositing Rs 15 lakh into bank accounts, raise rupee value, double farmers income and providing crores of jobs.
He demanded that the BJP leader issue a white paper outlining the party’s contribution to Telangana’s development. He reminded Nadda that even after laying the foundation he forgot about his promise to establish a Fluorosis research institute in Munugode.
The Finance Minister stated that the BRS had implemented programs such as Mission Bhagiratha, Rythu Bandhu, Kalyana Lakshmi, and KCR Kits, among others, despite the fact that they had not been promised in the election manifesto.
The Telangana government has consistently won awards from the union government in various sectors as a result of the Chief Minister’s proactive measures. He wondered if the Centre would stop giving awards since Telangana was winning them in all sectors. “With the success of our schemes, the BJP government at the Centre is aping them. They want to gain publicity, without giving credit to the Telangana government,” he added.
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Harish Rao advised the BJP national president to keep himself up to date rather than simply reading the speech copy provided by the party State leaders. “People of Telangana are aware of the conspiracy and divisive politics of the BJP. We also can make objectionable allegations against Prime Minister Narendra Modi and union Home Minister Amit Shah for all the discrimination meted out to Telangana, but we have been maintaining restraint,” he said.
The Finance Minister hit out at the Modi government for borrowing Rs 1 lakh crore every month, resulting in an increase in Central debts of Rs 100 lakh crore in the last eight years
He mocked BJP leaders’ claims of double engine growth in BJP-ruled states and demanded to know why they lag behind Telangana in all sectors. He recalled Telangana’s position as the top state in terms of state-owned revenue. “BJP is pushing the country into debts, while Telangana’s debts are within FRBM (fiscal responsibility and budget management) limits and stands at 23rd rank among 28 States,” he stated.
Responding to union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman’s remarks about “weak Hindi,” Harish Rao said the Hindi of Telangana people may be weak, but they are both honest and better performers than the BJP government, which is not only weak but also weakening the country.
Rather than making broad statements, he advised Union Tourism Minister G Kishan Reddy to get pending funds from the Centre released to Telangana. He claimed that Telangana received less GST compensation than other states.
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