Congress promises Sub Plan for minorities
Hyderabad: Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee (TPCC) president N Uttam Kumar Reddy on Tuesday appealed to the Muslim community not to vote for the Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) in next elections if they wish to defeat Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Uttam also promised to implement a sub plan for minorities.
“Voting for the TRS is likely voting for the BJP as caretaker Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao is an agent of Narendra Modi,” he said while addressing a meeting at Gandhi Bhavan on the occasion of joining of TRS leader of Mahbubnagar district Mohammed Ibrahim into the Congress party.
Calling Chandrashekar Rao an anti-Muslim, Uttam Kumar Reddy said that the TRS government not only neglected minorities' welfare, but damaged their cause wherever possible. Uttam Kumar Reddy said that the caretaker Chief Minister cheated the Muslims on several fronts with active support from Prime Minister Modi. “Chandrashekar Rao remained silent when the BJP government kept reducing funds for minority welfare every year. Despite holding the portfolio of minorities' welfare, caretaker Chief Minister did not write a single letter to the Prime Minister on issues concerning the minorities,” he said.
Uttam promised that the Congress party, if it comes to power, would introduce a Sub-Plan for Minorities wherein funds would be allocated and spent in proportionate to their population. He said previous Congress regime had introduced Sub-Plan for SCs and STs. On similar lines, Sub-Plans will be introduced for Minorities and BCs in the next Congress government, he said. Uttam Kumar Reddy said that the truth behind Alair encounter was not out even after four years. He said a Special Investigation Team (SIT) was set up to probe into the killing of five Muslim under-trials in police firing but report was not filed.
Uttam Kumar Reddy said that the TRS government cheated the Muslims on the promise of granting judicial powers to the Wakf Board. Not a single inch of encroached Wakf land was restored in the last four-and-a-half years. Leader of Opposition in Council Mohammed Ali Shabbir and other senior leaders also spoke on the occasion.