It is people’s responsibility to protect govt: CM Revanth Reddy
HYDERABAD: Asserting that his focus was solely on development and welfare activities, Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy on Monday appealed to the people of Telangana to shield him from the baseless allegations being levelled against him by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and former chief minister K Chandrasekhar Rao so that he could concentrate on his work.
“The responsibility to rebut their baseless allegations is yours, because I want to concentrate on my responsibilities. This government is yours. It is your responsibility to protect the government which you elected,” he told the gathering at a programme organised by the Health department to celebrate the first year of Congress rule.
“The BRS never fulfilled the aspirations of the youth of Telangana. BRS never focused on addressing unemployment, it neglected health and education,” Revanth said.
He added that the BRS regime treated the Telangana Public Service Commission as a political rehabilitation centre. “The Congress government has completely revamped the Commission. The previous government appointed RMPs and deputy tahsildars as Commission members. We don’t want to make the TGPSC a political rehabilitation centre and that is why we appointed a senior IAS officer as the chairman of the Commission,” Revanth said.
He accused the previous administration of failing to conduct competitive examinations. “Earlier, competitive exam papers used to be sold in Xerox centres. They did not make recruitments with commitment and with responsibility. No state in the country filled over 50,000 jobs within one year, except this government,” Revanth said.
Alleging that a few people launched an “artificial movement” to get the Dsc and Group-I examinations postponed, the chief minister made it clear that his government doesn’t want to waste the valuable time of youth. “We don’t want youth and unemployed to roam round coaching centres and we have made the decision not to postpone the examinations,” he said
Recalling that for 13 years no Group-I examinations were conducted in Telangana, the chief minister said that soon, Group-I posts would be filled.
Revanth said that the aim of his government was to achieve a healthy Telangana. “To this aim, the government is making all efforts, including filling vacant posts. Though the previous BRS regime sanctioned eight medical colleges, no facilities were created which led to problems in starting admissions,” he said.
On the occasion, the chief minister flagged off 213 new ambulances. He also virtually inaugurated 16 nursing colleges, 28 government affiliated healthcare colleges and 32 transgender clinics.
The chief minister handed over the appointment letters to newly recruited 442 civil assistant surgeons and 24 food safety officers.