KCR took govt staff for a ride, charges Uttam

​Hyderabad: Telangana Congress president N Uttam Kumar Reddy on Tuesday has accused the TRS government of cheating government employees, teachers and pensioners. In an open letter to the government employees, teachers and pensioners, Uttam said that the employees participated in the Telangana movement risking their careers and future of their families.

However, caretaker Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao did nothing for them, and despite making several announcements, he dissolved the Assembly abruptly without fulfilling any of the promises. He reminded that KCR, on May 16 of this year, had promised that the State government would review the salaries of government employees.

The Chief Minister had assured to announce interim relief on June 2, State Formation Day. He had also announced the setting up of a new Pay Revision Commission with a mandate to submit its report a week before August 15 of this year so the announcement could be made on Independence Day. However, none of these promises was fulfilled causing huge disappointment to over 4 lakh employees and nearly 2.5 lakh pensioners.

The Congress chief further alleged that the KCR government had utilised the services of employees round-the-clock while introducing several schemes. But, the employees were never treated as part of the government anytime in the last four-and-a-half years. While KCR repeatedly called Telangana as the richest State, his government did not release the dearness allowance on time even once.

He said just 0.1 per cent of employees got promotion although it was promised for all on multiple occasions, he reminded. Adding further, Uttam said the employees were not given any benefit after the creation of new districts. Instead, the employees who used to get 20 per cent house rent allowance were transferred to new districts and their allowance was reduced to 12.5 per cent to 14.5 per cent.

The TPCC Chief alleged that the representatives of teachers' unions of State, district and mandal levels were invited for talks at Pragathi Bhavan and they were humiliated by making them stand at the gate for over two hours. Previous Congress government led by the then Chief Minister K Rosaiah had given a PRC of 39 per cent which was later increased to 43 per cent. He said despite waiting for the last four-and-a-half years, the employees got no PRC by the TRS government.

The TPCC Chief also pointed out that the TRS government did not allot any land for housing to employees and teachers. He said huge injustice was done by not permitting registration of land allotted by previous Congress government led by YS Rajasekhara Reddy to teachers and employees.

Regularisation of lakhs of contract, outsourcing and daily wages workers was one of the major promises made by Chandrashekar Rao in 2014 elections. However, by citing court cases as the reason, their services were not regularised, Uttam added.