No PMAY houses for Telangana if they are branded Indiramma Indlu, says Bandi Sanjay

Union Minister of State also slams Congress government for ACB inquiry against Greenko despite taking party funds from the firm

Karimnagar: Union Minister of State for Home Bandi Sanjay Kumar on Saturday said there was no question of sanctioning a single house under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana if they were branded Indiramma Indlu by the Telangana government.

Contrary to his Cabinet colleague and Union Urban Development Minister Manohar Lal Khattar’s assurance to sanction more houses to the State, Sanjay Kumar took this stance, shocking many.

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While participating in the Smart City developmental programmes along with Khattar in Karimnagar town on Friday, Revenue Minister Ponguleti Srinivas Reddy had requested the Union Minister for more houses since Telangana got only 0.7 per cent houses as against the assured eight per cent. Responding positively to the Minister’s request, Khattar assured more houses this time around.

On Saturday, speaking after welcoming Karimnagar Mayor Y Sunil Rao into the BJP, Bandi Sanjay made it clear that PMAY houses would not be sanctioned to Telangana if they were to be branded Indiramma Indlu houses here. He also found fault with the State government for the ACB inquiry against Greenko company despite taking party funds from the firm.

“Can Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy take oath that the Congress has not taken funds from Greenko?” he asked, stating that all parties including the BJP took party funds from the firm. No party will spend its own money to run the party, he said, adding that the State was getting revenue through initiatives of companies like Greenko and others. Telangana will lose income if these companies move to other States unable to tolerate the harassment by the State government, he said.

Bandi Sanjay also questioned the State government not printing photographs of Prime Minister Narendra Modi on ration cards though the Centre was distributing rice to people free of cost. He demanded the government to print the PM’s photo along with that of the CM on the new ration cards. Otherwise, why should the Centre supply rice to the State free of cost, he asked, stating that if necessary, the Centre would consider the idea of distributing rice to the poor directly.

He also demanded a white paper on MoUs signed in Davos and on the investments coming into the State. The State government was making false claims for publicity on the Davos investments, he said.