Eatala making baseless allegations against KCR: Harish

Finance Minister says the BJP leader is trying to project his issues as a problem of the public

Karimnagar: Finance Minister T Harish Rao on Thursday said BJP leader Eatala Rajender was making baseless allegations against Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao and the State government out of frustration after joining the saffron party.

“Rajender should persuade the Union government to purchase the entire paddy produce of Yasangi season if he is really committed to the welfare of farmers. He is trying to project his issues as a problem of the public. During the Statehood movement, Chandrashekhar Rao resigned from his post in the interest of the people of Telangana. Rajender should explain to the people why he quit the State Assembly,” Harish Rao said.

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Stating that TRS candidate Gellu Srinivas Yadav’s win in the by-polls was a certainty with the cooperation of party leaders and workers, he said the latter was a capable person who will work for the welfare of the public.

Addressing a party workers meeting held in Veenavanka, the Minister came down heavily on the BJP for doing nothing for the welfare of the people. “Instead of ‘Ache Din,’ people are only experiencing bad days in the country,” he said, adding that except for selling public sector undertakings, the BJP government at the Centre had done nothing for the welfare of the country. “While BJP is known for selling, the TRS government is known for trust,” he said, and wondered why BJP State president Bandi Sanjay Kumar and other leaders like A P Jithender Reddy and G Vivek were avoiding Huzurabad.

“Chandrashekhar Rao achieved Statehood for Telangana putting his life at risk. Former Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy mocked TRS when it promised 24 hours power supply to the agriculture sector. Opposition parties had also expressed doubts about the Kaleshwaram project. However, all these promises have been fulfilled,” the Minister said.
Seeking to know the grounds on which BJP leaders will seek votes from the public of Huzurabad constituency, Harish Rao said Sanjay, who is the local MP, had done nothing for his adopted Ramakrishna colony.

Stating that the competition in the by-poll would be restricted to TRS and BJP, he said the Congress candidate will not even get back the deposit.

While BJP was trying to attract voters by distributing wall clocks, sewing machines and others, TRS was focusing on on development carried out by the State government, he said, and wondered how Rajender will develop the constituency sitting in the opposition when he did not do anything while he was a Minister for seven years.