Telangana Chief Minister Ok. Chandrasekhar Rao.
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BRS chief and Telangana Chief Minister Ok Chandrasekhar Rao on Friday accused Congress candidates of in search of votes by claiming they’d be a part of the BRS after getting elected.
Addressing a rally right here, in a predominantly coal mining space, he additionally alleged that Prime Minister Narendra Modi has stated that coal shall be imported from the Adani Group’s coal mines in Australia, ignoring the state-run Singareni Collieries Firm Ltd (SCCL).
He alleged that because of the inefficiency of earlier Congress regimes, the State Authorities had been compelled to promote a 49 per cent stake in SCCL.
“Congress candidates having realising that defeat is certain, have started a new campaign. They are asking people to elect them so that after winning they can join the BRS,” Rao alleged.
Attacking the BJP, he stated why would you vote for the saffron occasion which has not sanctioned a single medical faculty or a Navodaya Faculty in Telangana. “A vote for them is like dropping your vote in sewage,” he stated.
He stated it was the Congress occasion that merged Telangana with Andhra Pradesh in 1956, which led to 50 years of struggling.
He slammed the grand previous occasion, accusing it of delaying the formation of Telangana.
He stated 50 years of Congress had led to suicides and migrations and as many as 400 individuals have been shot lifeless through the Telangana agitation for statehood in 1969.
On the Singareni mines, he stated, “We supplied a number of facilities to Singareni staff. The Telangana meeting additionally handed a decision requesting the Centre to waive earnings tax for Singareni staff.
“But (PM) Modi is not doing so and instead calling for Singareni to be closed and its output to be replaced by imported coal from Adani (mines) in Australia,” he said.
After the BRS came to power, 15,000 jobs were created in the SCCL, he said.
Listing welfare measures being implemented by the BRS government, Rao said he came up with the ‘Rythu Bandhu’ scheme for the first time in the country, and increased old age pensions from ₹200 in the previous Congress regime to ₹1,000 per month and subsequently to ₹2000.
He promised to increase it to ₹5,000 gradually.
He said Congress leaders say that KCR is wasting taxpayers’ money by granting Rythu Bandhu investment support to farmers.
“If you elect BRS candidates, not only will Rythu Bandhu continue but the amount will also increased to Rs 16,000 gradually,” he promised.
He also reiterated allegations that Telangana PCC President Revanth Reddy has said that 24-hours of free power for farmers is a waste and just three hours is enough.
Congress leaders also say that when they come to power, Dharani will be “dumped within the Bay of Bengal”, he informed the group.
