On Friday, BRS working president and Industries Minister KT Rama Rao called on the party cadre to stage protests in all district headquarters across the State in response to the Centre’s claims on the diversion of MGNREGS fund diversion in Telangana.
He urged farmers to join the protests and demanded that the BJP-led Union government explain how the construction of crop drying platforms in Telangana under the scheme could be considered against norms when it was justified to construct fish drying platforms in other States.
The BRS working president said in a statement that the BJP was discriminating against Telangana despite the State government taking up many farmer welfare programs. He recalled that Telangana was the first state to build drying platforms for the benefit of farmers.
“Rather than appreciating the good work, the BJP is clearly seeking vengeance and hell bent to tarnish the image of the Telangana government among the people. How could the Centre find fault with the State government for constructing the crop drying platforms, when it does not mind fish drying platforms being constructed in other States under the same scheme,” he questioned.
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Rama Rao recalled that the BRS and the State government had repeatedly requested that the Union government link the MGNREGS with agricultural works in order to maximize the scheme’s utilization. However, there has been no response from the Centre, which is now looking to weaken the scheme that was providing a living for thousands of people across the country.
“The BJP had done nothing beneficial for farmers and when the BRS government took up several revolutionary initiatives, it is unable to admit its failures. The BJP is targeting the Telangana government due to its inability to compete with the State in terms of agricultural development,” he added.
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