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Earlier in the day, Punia announced the return of his Padma Shree award to Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

Representatives from different parties assembled at Dharna Chowk at Indira Park here on Friday and denounced the undemocratic suspension of the I.N.D.I.A alliance MPs. Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy who was expected to address the gathering skipped the meeting.

The Constituency, spread in the erstwhile Medak district, had seven assembly segments-Dubbak, Gajwel, Patancheru, Sangaredy, Siddipet, Medak, and Narsapur-under it

The BRS working president thanked the Congress government for at least admitting in the white paper that it could ensure only six hours of supply being in rule for 55 years.

Amit Shah also said that various exercises are underway for inter-pillar integration.

The State government's decision to drop the idea of presenting another white paper on the Irrigation sector has led to speculations about the ruling Congress party.

"The State government did not respond to my repeated pleas for clarification on implementing their electoral promises. No clarity was given on key issues raised by the main Opposition BRS including concerns about installation of meters to agricultural pumpsets and also ensure free power supply upto 200 units," former minister Jagadish Reddy said.

The past government had raised loans but the Congress government made several promises, which were practically not viable, BJP MLA Payal Shankar said.

As Rajgopal Reddy continued his tirade, the BRS members asked the Speaker whether they should walk out of the House. Amidst these war of words, former Speaker Pocharam Srinivas Reddy intervened and appealed to the members from all the parties to save the dignity of the House.

Reading out the Congress manifesto’s page 9, Unemployed JAC Chairman Manavatha Roy said the Congress party promised Rs.4,000 as unemployed allowance to the jobless till they get a job.

Amidst a high-octane war of words during the short discussion on the white paper, the Chief Minister said his government was also prepared to constitute an all party fact-finding committee to look into the 24-hour free power supply claims of the BRS regime. Former Energy Minister G Jagadish Reddy would also be made a member of the committee, he said.

The opposition wanted to speak on the issue but Prime Minister Modi and Home minister Shah did not turn up, even as the PM continued to make speeches elsewhere, Kharge said

By presenting the white paper, the whole country had come to know about Telangana's financial condition and now no financial institutions would come forward to grant loans to the State, said Maheshwar Reddy

From the opposition benches to within the party itself, the decision to open up the government's financial workings for public scrutiny has prompted criticism

Congress government was releasing White Papers to put pressure on the opposition parties as the government cannot implement the promises made to the people, said Puvvada

The Deputy Chief Minister, speaking in the Assembly, said no such promise was made, neither as part of the Six Guarantees nor any other pre-poll promise.

Taking part in the debate over the white paper on the State's finances, Harish Rao made a strong case of the multi-stage lift irrigation scheme built for fulfilling promise of water for parched lands in Telangana

Speaking to reporters here on Wednesday, Vinod Kumar listed out the assets developed in the state during the BRS regime

Telangana, which was a revenue surplus State in 2014 and has one of the fastest growing economies in the country, now had no money even to meet daily expenditure, said Bhatti Vikramarka

The presentation, expected to counter the white paper on finance presented in the Assembly by the ruling Congress party, presents in detail the development and assets the K Chandrashekhar Rao-led government accomplished in its two tenures, right from the power sector, to infrastructure, economy, agriculture and so on.