HYDERABAD
Making light of the BJP state president N. Ramchander Rao’s letter to Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy seeking implementation of all the poll promises, Minister for BC Welfare Ponnam Prabhakar asked him to explain the BJP’s contribution to Telangana in the last 11 years.
“People who could not secure a few rupees to Telangana are advising us in governance,” the Minister said in an open letter to Mr. Ramchander Rao. “Isn’t it strange that you are writing letters to us when you cannot ensure justice from the Centre?” he asked.
Mr. Prabhakar described Mr. Ramchander Rao’s letter as ‘laughable’ and said those giving sermons should introspect the failures in their governance. “From farmers to youth, women to backward communities, every section of society has been deceived,” he said in the letter, calling the BJP’s unfulfilled promises a ‘Ramayana of failures’.
Citing the BJP’s 2019 election manifesto, the Minister pointed out that the promised monthly pensions to small and marginal farmers above 60 years had not been implemented. He also questioned the unfulfilled assurance of increasing the Kisan Samman Nidhi amount and reminded the BJP of its failure to generate the 2 crore jobs annually as promised in 2014.
“You came to power shedding tears over price hikes. But under your rule, petrol rose from ₹70 to ₹110, diesel from ₹50 to ₹100, and LPG cylinders from ₹400 to ₹1,100,” he said accusing the Modi government of economic mismanagement and burdening the common man with unchecked inflation and rising cesses.
The Minister went on to ask, “What exactly have the eight BJP MPs and two Union Ministers from Telangana done for the State in the last 11 years.” The cancellation of the Information Technology Investment Region (ITIR) project and the relocation of the proposed Kazipet coach factory to Gujarat are the gifts of BJP to Telangana.
