Deccan Chronicle

KTR DEMANDS ANSWERS FROM AMIT SHAH ON ‘BIAS AGAINST STATE’

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MINISTER K.T. RAMA RAO POSED 27 QUESTIONS TO UNION HOME MINISTER AMIT SHAH ON THE EVE OF HIS ARRIVAL IN HYDERABAD. THE QUESTIONS WERE ON THE INJUSTICE BEING METED OUT TO TELANGANA BY THE BJP-LED GOVERNMENT AT THE CENTRE . RAMA RAO DARED SHAH TO ANSWER THEM DURING HIS SPEECH AT THE PUBLIC MEETING IN MAHESHWARA­M ON SATURDAY IF HE WAS REALLY SINCERE ABOUT HELPING TELANGANA. RAMA RAO STATED THAT THE NATIONAL LEADERS TOUR TELANGANA ONCE IN A WHILE TO SPREAD HATRED AMONG THE PEOPLE IN THE STATE.

Q Is it not true that BJP washed their hands off when TRS leaders demanded a rail coach factory in Kazipet? But the Centre allocated a rail coach factory to Gujarat for `20 crore. Why this partiality towards Telangana?

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Can you name even a single central educationa­l institutio­n allocated to Telangana by the NDA government?

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Not a single medical college was allocated to Telangana by the NDA government. Lakhs of students from the state are unable to pursue medical courses. Does this not affect Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who earlier responded to the injustice done to a medical student during the admission process in Gujarat?

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Can you answer why Bayyaram Steel Plant was not allocated to Telangana despite promising it in the AP Reorganiza­tion Act?

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Telangana has been the top investment destinatio­n for global firms. Yet, it is not being given any industrial incentives. Why? Do you have an answer for it?

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Scrapping ITIR project in Telangana and denying the city’s rapid developmen­t in the IT sector shows how BJP conspires against Telangana. After rejecting ITIR status to Telangana, can you name at least one programme introduced by the BJP government as an alternativ­e option for the developmen­t of the IT sector?

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What answers do you have for the youth of Telangana who lost opportunit­ies in IT companies due to the rejection of ITIR?

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Why are you not allocating new software technology parks to Telangana whose IT sector is progressin­g at a rapid speed?

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Late union minister Sushma

Swaraj made an election promise in 2014 to give national status to the Palamuru Rangareddy lift irrigation project. Even after eight years of governance, why didn’t you fulfill the promise?

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What answer do you have for the farmers of Palamuru and Rangareddy Districts who feel cheated by you for not allocating national status to the project? Instead you have announced to give national status to Karnataka's Upper Bhadra project? This shows how partial BJP is towards Telangana farmers.

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For the past eight years, why are you not referring to the Brijesh Kumar tribunal to resolve the issue of 575 tmc ft irrigation water, which is the rightful share of Telangana? Instead, you have appointed the Krishna River management board, which only further exploits the rightful share of water to Telangana.

Qfunds

Can you mention the number of

allocated to Telangana in the past eight years, keeping aside the funds which the state receives constituti­onally?

Qignoring

What do you want to say about

the suggestion­s of Niti Aayog on allocating `24,000 crore for projects such as Mission Kakatiya and Mission Bhagiratha in Telangana?

Isn’t it a fact that you are trouQbling

the citizens of Hyderabad by becoming a hurdle in the constructi­on of skyways by not allocating defence lands to the state government?

Is it not true that you are allocatQin­g

crores of funds for river rejuvenati­on projects in BJP-ruled states and not allotting even a penny to Musi River rejuvenati­on works?

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The BJP government did not even release one rupee to the state government when Hyderabad saw major floods but allocated thousands of crores to Gujarat during similar floods.

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Why aren’t you extending financial support to Pharma City?

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Why is there no defence industrial corridor for Telangana? Why move it to a state, which has zero presence of defence factories, while Telangana houses major aerospace and defence companies? Q

Not a single mega powerloom textile cluster was allocated to Telangana, despite the state leading the way for others in the textile sector. Any answers? Q Why are you creating hurdles in paddy produced by farmers of Telangana? Q Why didn’t the BJP government allocate turmeric board to Nizamabad? Why did the BJP MP forget the promise made to the people of Nizamabad, even after writing it on a bond paper during the 2019 election? Q

CM K. Chandrashe­kar Rao demanded the abolition of cess on petrol prices and reducing their prices. Will you make a statement on this during your visit to Telangana?

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Union Minister Kishan Reddy stated that the World Health Organisati­on's traditiona­l medicine centre would be set up in Hyderabad. But it was moved to Gujarat. Why such discrimina­tion towards Telangana?

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Instead of supporting the newly establishe­d Internatio­nal arbitratio­n centre in Hyderabad, you have set up another centre in Gujarat. What are your comments on it?

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