Telangana Finance Minister T Harish Rao today lambasted state BJP president Bandi Sanjay Kumar for planning to take up a padayatra against the TRS government, and demanded that the BJP leader first spell out the purpose for which he was going to embark on the padayatra.
Speaking to media persons after taking part in a few developmental works in Narmetta village of Nangunuru mandal on Thursday, Rao said that Bandi Sanjay didn't have any right to undertake a padayatra as his own party's government at the Centre led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi was spoiling the lives of the people with lopsided policies.
"Mention any good things done by the Modi government for the development of Telangana. Despite repeated pleading by the TRS government, Modi has evinced no interest in raising the reservations for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes. He is not purchasing the paddy produced by Telangana's farmers. He is not giving out any job notifications for the unemployed youth. On the contrary, the BJP government is imposing additional burdens on the common man with daily hikes in fuel and cooking gas prices. And farmers are now not in a position to purchase fertilizers due to the high prices," Rao said, and asserted that the Modi government's contribution to the Telangana was nothing.
He also criticised union minister Kishan Reddy for maintaining silence over the reduction by the Centre of Telangana's quota of working days in the EGS works, and demanded that Reddy take up the initiative and get the quota of working days worth Rs 13,000 crore increased to Rs 16,000 crore.