Amit Shah Calls for Ousting KCR, Accuses BRS-Congress Nexus in Telangana Elections
HYDERABAD: Union home minister Amit Shah said that it was time to time to send Chief Minister K. Chandrashekar Rao’s ‘car’ into the garage to get rid of the corruption-ridden government. He accused the BRS of having a tacit understanding with the Congress and claimed that that the two parties were cooperating with each other for mutual benefit.
Addressing public meetings in Makthal, Mulugu and Bhongir on Sunday, Shah said, “They have a secret understanding to support each other. The Congress will support the BRS so that KCR will become CM. The BRS will support Congress (in the Lok Sabha elections) so that Rahul becomes the PM.”
“Any vote for the Congress will go to the BRS. If you wish to send KCR home, then vote for the BJP. The vote… will decide the future of Telangana.”
“Your MLA is a land shark. KCR had promised to build a 100-bed hospital but has it been completed? Did you get a degree college as announced? Was unemployment allowance given to you,” asked Shah, adding that Rao had failed to fulfill the promises.
Recalling the promises of Rao further, he alleged that the textile park, a scheme for fishermen with Rs 1,000 crore to develop Sangambanda, provide water to Utkur and completing Bheema project have all remained a pipe dream. He added that the Kaleshwaram project was the biggest example of corruption.
Egging on the people to vote for the BJP to unseat Rao, Shah he asked if there was a guarantee that the Congress MLAs would remain with the party without joining the BRS. “They have an understanding. If you wish to remove the BRS, then vote for the BJP not the Congress,” he said.
“We will make a BC community leader the CM and provide vertical reservations for the Madiga community. Four gas cylinders will be given to families free of cost.”
Alleging that the steering wheel of the BRS’ ‘car’ was under the control of the AIMIM, the Union home minister opined that the CM had not been organising the Telangana Liberation Day officially fearing the Owaisis. “We will hold the Liberation Day function officially on September 17 and cancel the four per cent religion-based reservations for Muslims,” Shah said.
“Ö§Consecration of the Ram idol will be held on January 22 by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and we will offer free travel to Ayodhya if we come to power in Telangana.”
In Mulugu he alleged that the tribal university announced by the PM recently may not get the land required for setting it up under the BRS. “If the BJP is voted to power we will not only allocate land we will give a grant of '300 crore for it. A museum for tribals will also be built. PM Modi has made products of Mulugu tribals famous by getting them GI tag. The post metric scholarship given to tribal students was not implemented in Telangana by Rao, he said.
Dwelling on the issue of rift on land in tribal areas, he said, “Land documents will be given to both tribals and non-tribals unlike the BRS which is creating a rift between them. The Congress has always been anti-tribals and never appointed a tribal President and the credit goes to Modi. Modi gave the tribals their due by celebrating Bhagwan Birsa Munda’s birthday as Janjatiya Gaurav Diwas.”
Shah also stated that the BJP had the highest number of tribal MPs and ministers. The budget for tribes was increased from Rs 24,000 crore to Rs 1,25,000 crore but the Rao government had siphoned off thousands of crores.
He listed the alleged scams in Mission Bhagirathi, passports, Miyapur land deal, Outer Ring Road, Kaleshwaram, liquor, granite, 2020 flood relief and Mission Kakatiya. “Only the BJP can make Telangana the foremost state of India,” he said.
Accusing Rao of lying, Shah said that the BRS government had never sought national status for the Kaleshwaram project. The Bhongir fort will be transformed into a tourist site with an expenditure of Rs 50 crore, he said.
