BRS leaders seem to be worrying over growing clout of the AP Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu at the Center after TDP emerged as the key partner of BJP-led NDA. Naidu’s cloud was reflected with Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s nod for a Rs 60,000 crore petrochem hub and the BPCL refinery, one of the promises in the 13th Schedule of the AP Reorganisation Act.
Unable to digest Naidu’s pro-active initiative soon after becoming chief minister of the state for the fourth time, BRS has protested over it. Labering it as a continued discrimination towards Telangana, BRS former MP B Vinod Kumar alleged that Modi was bowing down to pressure by Naidu on account of the TDP’s support to the NDA.
He demanded that eight BJP MPs from the Stateshould spell out their stance. Moreover, he ridiculed that the net contribution of the eight BJP MPs to the development of the State was insignificant so far.
He wanted the BJP MPS from the State to spell out their stand on the Bayyaram steel plant and Kazipet coach factory for which the BRS was fighting for long. He accused that the Modi government had also deprived Telangana of the ITIR.
Though 23 new districts came into existence newly as part of the reorganisation revenue system, not even a single Navodaya Vidyalaya was given to the State, he said. He asked why the Modi government had failed to consider the bifurcation commitments given to Telangana.
Referring to BJP’s two union ministers from Telangana, Vinod Kumar said that he wanted to know from them what role they would play on their part to ensure Telangana its due share in the upcoming budget.
With regard to BRS MLAs switching to the ruling party undermining the mandate given by the electorate, VInod Kumar cautioned that the defections engineered by the Congress leadership would prove to be counterproductive for the Congress only.
By taking the BRS MLAs into its fold, he said that the Congress party had upset the priorities for which the people had voted. However, he asserted that BRS that survived many turbulence during its long eventful history and would overcome the setback.
