HYDERABAD: Alleging that Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy was following in the footsteps of his predecessor K Chandrasekhar Rao on several issues, state BJP president N Ramchander Rao on Tuesday cautioned him against going ahead with the proposal to reorganise the districts, without taking the opinion of all parties and the people.
During an informal chat with the media at the state BJP office, he demanded that the state government gather opinions of all political parties in the state on the matter. “The government should consult all parties and collect their views before starting the districts rationalisation and reorganisation process,” he said.
The BJP leader also demanded that the government conduct a public hearing on its proposal to change the Rangareddy district name and create a new district in the Future City to name it after former Union minister late Jaipal Reddy.
“In the past, KCR reorganised the districts without any consultations. Now, Revanth Reddy is trying to do the same,” he added.
Referring to Revanth Reddy suggesting that penalties imposed for traffic violations be auto-debited from the accounts of violators, he said: “This shows the Congress government’s double standards. On one hand, it opposes the Sanchar Saathi app, which was meant to protect the subscribers from fraudsters and help in tracking and blocking stolen or lost mobile devices. On the other, this government wants to auto-debit penalty amount from the accounts of traffic violators.”
He also condemned the police actions in recording and sharing videos of drunk drivers, which according to him is leading to the “humiliated” drivers ending their lives.
‘Congress, BRS politicising river water sharing issue’
Ramchander Rao, meanwhile, accused the ruling Congress and Opposition BRS of raising Telangana sentiment over the Krishna and Godavari water sharing issue. “Both Congress and BRS trying to politicise the river waters issue with ulterior motives,” he said.