BRS Working President and former minister KT Rama Rao, accusing the central government of not caring about Telangana, wondered why Deputy Chief Minister Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka was silent in his budget on the injustice done to Telangana.
Speaking in the assembly on the budget, he deplored that Telangana was wronged in the central budget, but there is no mention of it in the state budget. He said that the center is imitating Telangana schemes. He said that he was surprised to see the state budget with a lot of criticism against the previous BRS government, but asked why they are not holding the center accountable?
KTR mentioned that only after his party got zero seats in the Lok Sabha elections the state got zero in the central budget too. He cautioned the Congress government that if they do not fight, the center will not provide funds to the state. KTR assured that they are ready to support the Revanth government to fight the center for the benefits of the state.
He deplored that the center has not given a single medical college to Telangana and not a single rupee has been allocated to the Turmeric Board in the central budget. A special package was given for the Visakhapatnam Steel Plant, but KTR flagged that industries in Telangana would be closed.
KTR lamented that though there are two central ministers from Telangana, they are left as useless ministers. He questioned whether even a single rupee was given to the temples in Telangana? KTR demanded that the Sammakka-Saralamma Jatara be recognized as a national festival.
He asked that the center that provides funds for the Kumbh Mela, why funds are not being provided for the Sammakka-Saralamma Jatara? He alerted the state government that the center will not provide funds if we do not ask them.
He strongly ridiculed the propaganda carried out by the present government that there has been financial anarchy in the last 10 years in the state. He said that during their tenure, they borrowed only Rs. 40,000 crores per year, and developed a lot by borrowing.
He recalled that the CAG had said the same thing. KTR drew severe criticism that the Congress borrowed Rs. 1.58 lakh crores this year alone. He emphasized that Telangana surpassed Haryana and Punjab in grain production in 2022 itself. KTR said that Rs. 61,000 crores were spent on free electricity for cultivation.
