After CM, now Dy CM peddles lies on six guarantees in Keralam

Deputy Chief Minister Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka, campaigning in Kerala for the Congress party, reiterated claims about the implementation of six guarantees and filling government job vacancies in Telangana. His statements, including assertions of 70,000 jobs filled, contradict his own Assembly record of 16,978 posts and recruitment processes initiated under the previous BRS government.

Hyderabad: It’s now the turn of the Deputy Chief Minister Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka to peddle lies.

The Deputy CM, who is currently in Keralam to campaign for the Congress party in the ensuing elections, repeated the same lies uttered by the Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy over implementation of six guarantees, especially over filling up government job vacancies.

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Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka participated in the campaign for the United Democratic Front (UDF) in Pathanamthitta constituency and other parts of Keralam on Saturday. At different election rallies, he asserted that nearly all the election promises made by the Congress in Telangana have been implemented within two years. He had even gone to the extent of offering to show detailed accounts as “the Finance Minister”.

In his speeches, he claimed that the Congress government had also filled up 70,000 government jobs within two years. On March 25, he went on record in the Telangana Assembly that the Congress government had filled up to 16,978 posts after it came to power. It had also completed the recruitment process for 50,785 posts which began during the previous BRS government. In all the government had filled 67,673 posts.

The claim of both the Deputy CM and the CM about jobs being provided and the six guarantees being implemented is hotly contested in Telangana with political observers and opposition parties launching a scathing criticism against the Congress government for not honouring its electoral promises. However, both Revanth Reddy and Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka appear to have swept this criticism under the carpet.

Interestingly, Bhatti Vikramarka had also criticized the Left Democratic Front (LDF) for failing to fulfill the promises made during the previous elections. Even while his government acquired the notoriety as the “20 per cent commission government” in Telangana, Bhatti Vikramarka sought to highlight the irregularities in the Sabarimala temple and how senior citizens in Keralam were being neglected without adequate welfare and support.

The Congress government in Telangana in its manifesto had promised to provide a monthly pension of Rs. 4,000 to senior citizens. But, post elections, even after two years the promise has not been fulfilled. The other burning issue he chose to brush under the carpet are the protests being staged by retired employees demanding payment of their retirement benefits.

Interestingly, the Deputy Chief Minister expressed concern that Keralam, once known for secular values, and strong humanistic traditions, was no longer reflecting those ideals. He criticized the deviation from communist and Marxist principles, alleging that “goondaism” had replaced them.

This criticism was in contradiction to the opposition charges of deteriorating law and order situation in the State. The attack on Leader of Opposition and former Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao’s camp office in Gajwel by Congress leaders on Saturday serves as a classic example.