KCR govt ‘anti-farmer’, has not fulfilled its promises to people: Amit Shah

India

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Munugode, Aug 21:
Union
Home
Minister
Amit
Shah
Sunday
accused
the
K
Chandrashekar
Rao-led
government
of
being
“anti-farmer”,
and
plunging
Telangana
into
a
debt
trap
despite
over
“Rs
2-lakh
crore
help”
from
the
Modi
government.

At
a
public
meeting,
where
former
Congress
legislator
from
Munugode
K
Rajagopal
Reddy
joined
the
BJP,
Shah
said
it
marks
the
countdown
of
the
fall
of
the
KCR
government.
Reddy,
who
had
resigned
from
the
Congress,
will
fight
the
bypoll
on
a
BJP
ticket.

The
home
minister
also
attacked
Rao
for
allegedly
not
fulfilling
his
promises
including
that
his
party
will
make
a
Dalit
chief
minister.
Though
KCR
has
not
made
a
Dalit
chief
minister,
what
is
certain
is
if
the
Telangana
Rashtra
Samithi
retains
the
power,
he
will
make
his
son
K
T
Rama
Rao,
better
known
as
KTR,
the
next
chief
minister,
Shah
told
the
crowd.

“KCR
had
promised
to
the
people
of
Telangana
that
he
will
send
Rs
10
lakh
to
every
Dalit
household
and
give
every
Dalit
in
the
state
three
acres
of
land
and
one
acre
of
land
to
every
tribal.
But
he
has
not
fulfilled
even
a
single
promise,”
the
senior
BJP
leader
said.
Reacting
to
Shah’s
allegations,
Telangana
Energy
Minister
G
Jagadish
Reddy
said
the
statement
was
unbecoming
of
a
Union
home
minister.

“He
spoke
like
a
booth
level
leader.”
In
his
speech,
Shah
said
the
state
government
is
committing
a
“sin”
by
not
letting
farmers
get
the
benefits
of
the
PM
Fasal
Bhima
Yojana,
and
asserted
the
BJP
will
ensure
every
grain
of
paddy
is
procured
from
farmers
if
it
comes
to
power
in
the
state.

“Despite
over
Rs
2-lakh
crore
help
from
the
Modi
government,
Telangana
has
plunged
into
debt.
I
promise
if
the
BJP
is
voted
to
power
(in
the
next
elections),
Telangana
will
also
be
developed
like
other
states
in
the
country,”
Shah
said.

Slamming
the
government
for
not
reducing
fuel
prices,
he
said
the
Centre
had
slashed
it
twice
but
the
Telangana
dispensation
did
not
cut
the
Value
Added
Tax,
making
the
petrol
price
here
highest
in
the
country.

Shah
alleged
the
TRS
government
was
not
celebrating
September
17
as
Liberation
Day
as
promised
due
to
“fear”
of
the
Asaduddin
Owaisi-led
AIMIM.
The
BJP
will
hold
the
celebrations
if
it
comes
to
power,
Shah
said.

He
said
the
Kaleshwaram
Lift
Irrigation
project
has
become
an
“ATM”
for
KCR’s
family.
“The
TRS
government
is
an
enemy
of
farmers,”
Shah
said
referring
to
the
issues
over
paddy
procurement.
Pointing
to
the
poll
promises
of
the
TRS,
he
said
KCR
failed
to
give
three
acres
of
land,
two-bedroom
houses
to
dalits
and
Rs
3,000
financial
help
to
unemployed
youth.
“Leave
alone
houses,
you
(KCR)
are
even
obstructing
the
construction
of
toilets
which
are
being
provided
by
Prime
Minister
Narendra
Modi,”
he
charged.

Expressing
confidence
that
his
party
will
defeat
the
TRS
and
come
to
power,
he
said
Telangana
was
created
with
many
dreams
and
aspirations
of
people
and
they
will
be
fulfilled
by
the
his
party
under
Prime
Minister
Narendra
Modi’s
leadership.
With
Rao
accusing
the
central
government
of
not
procuring
Telangana’s
‘sella’ rice,
Shah
hit
back
saying
the
Union
government
had
asked
the
KCR
government
to
buy
the
rice
from
farmers
at
its
Minimum
Support
Price.

The
KCR
government
was
not
ready
for
it,
he
said,
adding
that
his
party
will
do
that
if
it
comes
to
power.
The
TRS
government
has
also
not
fulfilled
its
promises
of
giving
Rs
3,000
allowance
to
the
unemployed
youth
and
houses
to
the
poor,
he
said.
Telangana
minister
Reddy
asked
why
Shah
did
not
mention
the
high
gas
cylinder
prices.

“The
speech
was
filled
with
lies.”
Shah
did
not
provide
any
reply
to
the
questions
posed
by
the
KCR
in
his
address
at
a
public
meeting
in
Munugode
on
Saturday,
he
told
reporters.
Reddy
claimed
the
state
government
implemented
the
“best
insurance
policy
in
the
world”
for
the
farmers
under
which
more
than
one
lakh
ryots
have
been
paid
insurance.

Union
Minister
for
Tourism
G
Kishan
Reddy
also
addressed
the
rally.
Shah,
who
landed
this
afternoon
visited
the
Ujjaini
Mahakali
Temple
here
and
offered
prayers.
Popular
actor
Jr
NTR,
former
Chief
Minister
NT
Rama
Rao’s
grandson,
who
acted
in
the
recent
movie
‘RRR’,
is
also
scheduled
to
meet
Shah
on
Sunday.