HYDERABAD: Family-run parties like the BRS and the Congress are two sides of the same coin. They indulge in corruption and commit scams, said BJP president J.P. Nadda. He accused Chief Minister K. Chandrashekar Rao of looting the state after having come to power by promising to serve the interests of the people.
“He has only enriched his own family,” Nadda told the media after attending Prime Minister Modi’s Mann Ki Baat programme in Hyderabad. He listed the helicopter, 2G, Commonwealth Games, coal and rice scams to pin down the Congress and the Kaleshwaram scam for Rao.
He said Rao had halted the centrally sponsored PM Awas Yojana programme of housing for the poor, and had bragged about the double bedroom scheme without delivering them. “All of his MLAs are grabbing land and indulging in corruption. BRS means Brashtara Samithi and Congress is akin to a commission party,” he said.
On the performance of the Modi government, he said major economies were in trouble after the Covid-19 pandemic but only the Indian economy had grown and reached the fifth place. “Earlier most mobiles were made in China, now they are being made in India. During Diwali '4 lakh crore of purchases were made and this happened digitally, in white,” he said. Fifty five lakh motorcycles were bought during the festival.
On the welfare front, he said the Centre was giving free rice to the poor people and crores of people had been above the poverty line. Gas cylinders are being given under the Ujwala scheme. “If the BJP comes to power in Telangana, we will give four cylinders free, and pay MSP at '3,100 per quintal of paddy. Girls studying in college will get laptops, he said.
