Amit Shah asks KCR to disclose information on Central funds

By Express News Service

NEW DELHI/HYDERABAD: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Thursday refuted allegations that Telangana has been ignored whereas allocating funds for varied schemes.Speaking on the Telangana Formation Day celebrations organised by the Ministry of Culture in Delhi, he mentioned: “Money has been given to Telangana under different heads. If I continue to list out the number of funds released to Telangana, the next general elections might arrive.”

He additionally supplied a break-up of the funds given by the Centre for a few of the essential schemes. He listed the corresponding schemes and tasks for which the Centre supplied monetary help in varied kinds.

“This should put to rest all disinformation that injustice has been done to Telangana,” Shah mentioned, including that this quantity “could have gone over `3 lakh crore” however the TRS authorities of Chief Minister Ok Chandrasekhar Rao “did not cooperate with the Centre”.Taking on Rao, Shah “requested” the Chief Minister to “at least some times, reveal the truth to the people of Telangana and provide them the real picture”.Earlier in his speech, the Home Minister reminded the viewers that the BJP had at all times supported the creation of Telangana which was shaped when A B Vajpayee was the prime minister.

Interestingly, Shah additionally recalled the contribution of Communist and Congress leaders who fought for freedom of India in addition to liberation of Nizam-ruled Hyderabad State. “Ramji Gond, Komaram Bheem, Swami Ramananda Tirtha, Pandi Narendra, Suravaram Pratapa Reddy, Dasaradhi Rangacharya, Govind Bhai, and former Prime Minister PV Narasimha Rao all these people played important role in freeing Telangana from Nizam,” he mentioned.  

Stating that BJP will formally have a good time Telangna Liberation Day after coming to energy, he mentioned: “Had Sardar Patel not carried out “Police Action” in opposition to Nizam, the map of India would have been totally different.”Speaking on the event, Union Minister for Culture and Tourism G Kishan Reddy slammed Chandrasekar Rao for not supporting Centrally-sponsored improvement programmes.