Errabelli slams Centre for failing to honour promises

Panchayat Raj minister Errabelli Dayakar Rao on Sunday came down heavily on the BJP-led Centre for failing to honour any of the promises made to the state government.

Decrying that the Centre had not fulfilled its election promises, the minister claimed at a press conference that, in contrast, the TRS government had met every promise made in its manifesto. He said that they had accomplished much more and are now being regarded as the country’s best performing state, thanks to the develop

HE LAMBASTED BJP for instigating religious sentiments.

ment and welfare measures initiated by Chief Minister K. Chandrashekar Rao.

Flaying the Centre for not giving anything the state had sought, he wondered why the Kaleshwaram project was not given national status and why funds were not released for Mission Bhagiratha. He pointed out that the Niti Aayog team not only applauded the scheme but had recommended that the Centre release funds. He said the Centre's double standards were exposed by the fact that Gujarat and Uttar Pradesh were given assistance before they had sought.

The minister wanted to know why there was no flood relief money provided for Telangana state and Hyderabad that suffered heavy damages because of rains because of which the people had lived in miserable conditions for 15 days. He lambasted BJP for instigating religious sentiments.

Errabelli asked about the Centre’s promise to deposit `15 lakh in every citizen’s accounts. “What about recovery of black money? The BJP campaign lies on social media,” he said and urged the party to stop spreading rumours.

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