Congress Govt shelved Christmas, Ramzan gift schemes: Harish Rao

Speaking to reporters in Medak after attending the centenary celebrations of Medak Cathedral on Monday, Harish Rao praised former Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao for introducing the Christmas and Ramzan gift schemes, aimed at helping people of all religions celebrate their festivals in grand style. He also mentioned that Chandrashekhar Rao had declared Boxing Day a holiday for both schools and offices.

Medak: Former Minister T Harish Rao said the Congress government had stopped presenting Christmas and Ramzan gifts to minorities besides denying Bathukamma sarees to women of Telangana during the festivals.

Speaking to news reporters in Medak after participating in the centenary celebrations of Medak Cathedral on Monday, Harish Rao said former Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao had introduced the Christmas and Ramzan gift schemes to help all religions grandly celebrate their festivals. Chandrashekhar Rao had also declared Boxing Day as a holiday for schools and offices, he said.

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Rao said Chief Minister Revanth Reddy did injustice to all sections of people after coming to power. When the Opposition parties raised the issues of the public, the ruling government was suppressing them by filing cases and sending police to their homes. Accusing the government of denying a voice to BRS MLAs in the assembly, the former minister said they were not given opportunities to speak in the assembly at the behest of the Chief Minister. The Chief Minister himself was telling lies on several key issues. Citing the year-end crime report released by the Hyderabad City Police, Rao said the crime rate had increased by 41 per cent in the State capital compared to the previous year which stands as an example of how peace was disrupted after Congress came to power.

Earlier, Harish Rao also visited Sarva Siksha Abhiyan employees who were staging a relay hunger strike in Medak demanding a solution for their issues. Stating that Revanth Reddy came to power by promising to address all issues of SSA employees, he said the Chief Minister was not even responding to their issues now.

MLC Sheri Subhash Reddy, former MLA M Padma Devendar Reddy, and others were present.