HYDERABAD: Accusing the Centre of denying funds to the newborn state, Telangana IT minister K T Rama Rao on Monday took a jibe at Prime Minister Narendra Modi for his foreign tours.
“Have you seen the face of Prime Minister Modi so far?”, the minister asked, firing salvos at the Prime Minister, in an attempt to corner the city unit of BJP.
Admitting local leaders from BJP and Congress into TRS at Telangana Bhavan, Rama Rao said that Narendra Modi, after becoming the Prime Minister, has travelled extensively. “But, Modi never visited the states within the country, not even the BJP rules states,” he ridiculed.
Modi has spent most of his time in flights, flying from one country to another. “Suddenly, Modi had to return to attend the Parliament session. After occupying his seat in Lok Sabha, as a regular habit, Modi searched for the seat belt,” Rama Rao quipped.
“In the last 17 months, the TRS government did several things. If we start reading out the list, it would go non-stop for one hour. But, the Modi government did only two things. Launching Swachh Bharat and posing for photos before the media and Jan Dhan Yojana directing the people to open their own bank accounts. But there was no contribution from the government to these accounts,” the minister alleged. Accusing the Union government of denying Telangana it’s due share, Rama Rao wondered how will Modi seek votes from the people in the GHMC polls. He said that the TRS was comfortable in the city and could bag 70 to 80 seats on its own.
Drawing another comparison between Modi and KCR government, Rama Rao said that the BJP lost all byelections in Bihar, Varanasi and Gujarat after it assumed office at Centre. But, the TRS won all the byelections, including Warangal Lok Sabha poll with a thumping majority, Rama Rao thundered.
The IT Minister also found fault with city Congress leader Danam Nagender for his insipid remarks against Home Minister N Narasimha Reddy. A large number of workers from various parts of the city including Khairatabad and Malkajigiri joined TRS in the presence of Rama Rao.