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Etela Rajender: BJP chief Amit Shah's claims are false
BJP President Amit Shah toured AP and Telangana recently wherein he claimed that the central government gave Rs 95,000 crores to Telangana and Rs 1.70 lakh crores support to AP in the last two years.
BJP President Amit Shah toured AP and Telangana recently wherein he claimed that the central government gave Rs 95,000 crores to Telangana and Rs 1.70 lakh crores support to AP in the last two years. Terming the claims made by the BJP President as false, Finance Minister Etela Rajender told the reporters in Hyderabad on Saturday that there was no truth in Shah's statement adding that Telangana only got Rs 36,000 crore as its share in the central funds.
The Finance Minister further said that the Centre had reduced funds for central government-sponsored schemes since the time BJP came to power and said that even after agreeing to compensate the state for loss of revenue on account of Value Added Tax (VAT), the Centre has done nothing towards it.
The Minister said that Telangana should get Rs 7,000 crore as compensation and claimed that Telangana was in the forefront in the implementation of welfare schemes for which appreciation has come from all quarters including Prime Minister Narendra Modi and central ministers.
