HYDERABAD: Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy on Sunday said that while Prime Minister Narendra Modi was favourably disposed towards Telangana, Union minister G Kishan Reddy was trying to stall the state’s progress. “When I recently met Modi, he was sympathetic towards the problems of Telangana and expressed his readiness to solve them. But Kishan is playing the role of Saindhava and blocking the development of Telangana. While the prime minister is favourable towards the state, Kishan Reddy holds a grudge against it,” the chief minister alleged.
Addressing a ‘Praja Palana’ public meeting at Wanaparthy, he accused Kishan of putting pressure on the Centre to not grant approval for the Metro phase II, funds for the Musi rejuvenation project, and national project status for the Palamuru Rangareddy Lift Irrigation scheme.
“The Central government has granted permission for the development of the airport at Mamnoor because of the efforts of the state government. But Kishan is claiming credit for it. He did not attend the review meeting convened by Union Power Minister Manohar Lal Khattar in Hyderabad. This shows that Kishan is not interested in the development of Telangana,” the chief minister alleged.
He further wanted Kishan to explain why he was not bringing any funds or projects to the state, while Union
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman managed to bring Metro to Chennai and Union Minister Shobha Karandlaje secured funds for the Bengaluru Metro. He alleged that the state BJP president was full of jealousy and bitterness.
Turning his ire on former chief minister K Chandrasekhar Rao, he alleged that the SLBC tunnel had collapsed because the erstwhile BRS government neglected the project during its 10-year rule.
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He also held KCR responsible for ‘illegal projects’ like the Rayalaseema Lift Irrigation Scheme, taken up by the Andhra Pradesh government, and asked the BRS chief why he failed to complete Bheema, Kalwakurthy, and Nettampadu projects during his rule.
Accusing the BRS of obstructing the Congress government’s efforts to make 65 lakh women Self Help Group members crorepatis, he alleged that the previous government weakened SHGs. The CM said that women have made 150 crore trips utilising the free bus ride facility so far and noted that the government paid Rs 4,500 crore towards the expenditure incurred by the TGSRTC to implement the scheme.
He noted that the state government had deposited Rs 7,625 crore in the bank accounts of farmers after the Congress came to power. “There are no power cuts in the state even though electricity consumption has increased to 16,000 megawatts. We are supplying 24-hour free power to farmers besides providing free power up to 200 units for the domestic needs of the poor. We are supplying gas cylinders to 50 lakh families at just Rs 500 each,” said Revanth.
Meanwhile, during his visit to Wanaparthy, Revanth met the family in whose house he lived as a tenant during his student days.