Okay Chandrashekar Rao alleged that the Centre is forcing the states to repair meters for pump units. (File)
Vikarabad:
Telangana Chief Minister Okay Chandrashekar Rao on Tuesday got here down closely on Prime Minister Narendra Modi saying the latter mentioned nothing worthwhile throughout his Independence Day speech besides delivering “dialogues” and displaying a protracted turban round his head.
Talking at a public assembly right here, Okay Chandrashekar Rao, popularly referred to as KCR, slammed the Prime Minister for his remarks on freebies saying that no state within the nation is implementing welfare measures which can be carried out in Telangana.
“Yesterday I additionally was listening to the PM’s speech. Anyway, they did nothing for eight years, I believed they might do one thing for the remaining two years. There was nothing in the entire one-hour speech, besides dialogues and a shawl round his head, costume up, there was nothing. No new scheme was introduced. Not even a single phrase in regards to the welfare of the nation,” the Telangana Chief Minister charged.
In step with the “Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav” celebrations, Modi on Monday wore a white “safa” with tricolour stripes and a protracted path for his 76th Independence Day look.
Attacking PM Modi, Okay Chandrashekar Rao alleged that the Centre is forcing the states to repair meters for pumpsets and in addition import coal even when the commodity is on the market at a less expensive value in India.
Referring to some BJP activists who tried to protest when his convoy was passing, he mentioned individuals of Vikarabad ought to pose questions to those saffron social gathering staff as to what PM Modi did throughout the previous eight years of rule.
“I’m asking the Prime Minister what you may have carried out up to now eight years. Farmers? Girls? Tribals? Muslims and Dalits? Which part as benefitted? None. On high of that, when the state governments inside their limits are implementing some welfare measures, they’re known as freebies and ought to be discontinued,” Okay Chandrashekar Rao charged.
He claimed that a number of the neighbouring villages of Karnataka wished to merge with Telangana being attracted by the welfare measures being applied and developmental work right here.
He mentioned Telangana suffered rather a lot for 58 years when it was a part of united Andhra Pradesh.
In response to him, although Telangana is rising, it’s also equally essential that the centre’s progress must also match with that of the state. In any other case the general improvement will probably be impacted.
“Even when the state is progressing, if the Centre is just not progressing the required progress is not going to come. So, a authorities which respects the states ought to come (to energy) on the Centre. Unemployment is rising, the rupee is depreciating. We must ship this authorities on the centre residence and produce our personal authorities,” he opined.
Earlier, the chief minister inaugurated a brand new District Collectorate advanced and laid the inspiration for a medical faculty right here.
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