Former PCC president P Narsa Reddy ridiculed the claim of Seemandhra leaders over the development of Hyderabad.
Talking to reporters at the Congress Legislature Party office on Saturday, Narsa Reddy said that Hyderabad was "the most developed city" in the country when the ertswhile Hyderabad state was merged with the Indian Union.
Praising the then ruler Nizam Mir Osman Ali Khan, he said that the Nizam had developed Hyderabad in all aspects. Listing out various projects that were already in existence, he said that Hyderabad had a strong industrial base much before the formation of Andhra Pradesh.
"Hyderabad state had a full-fledged railway system, irrigation projects, public buildings, hospital, universities, underground drainage system and all other infrastructure," he said.
Narsa Reddy said that Seemandhra leaders were trying to stake a claim to the Nizam's achievements. He said that Hyderabad was the "number one city" before it became the capital of Andhra Pradesh, and before people from the Seemandhra region had "damaged it". (INN)
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