BJP State president N Ramchander Rao criticised the Congress for protesting against the renaming of the MGNREGA scheme, calling its invocation of Mahatma Gandhi’s name a political drama. Rao alleged that Congress only attached Gandhi’s name to the scheme ahead of the 2009 elections for electoral gain, rather than genuine reverence.
Hyderabad: Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao miffed over the union government releasing funds directly to rural local bodies surpassing the State governments for implementing certain programmes. He felt that the Centre’s actions cannot be justified as it indicated that the Centre does not trust the States. The Chief Minister was referring to the Central programmes […]