Opposition envious about TS development: TRS MLC

Hyderabad: Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) leadership on Tuesday criticised that the opposition is envious at the rapid development of the new State. Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee (TPCC) chief Uttam Kumar Reddy is speaking foolishly against the national agriculture leadership award being bestowed on Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao, MLC Karne Prabhakar said.

Addressing a press conference at TRS Legislature Party office here, MLC Karne Prabhakar accused that the Congress, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Telugu Desam Party (TDP) are making baseless allegations against the government which is giving top priority to development and welfare of the people. He took serious exception to Uttam Kumar Reddy’s remarks against the Agriculture Leadership award 2017 to K Chandrashekar Rao.

Prabhakar termed the tributes offered to martyrs at Basheerbagh by the Congress as unfortunate and said they have no right to do so as the Congress government killed nine farmers in firing at Mudigonda incident. The Centre will not bestow such prestigious awards for agricultural development without any proper schemes or programmes, he said. The opposition could not digest the development of the State, and hence are making charges against the government for false publicity, he accused.

He said it is a known fact that the previous Congress regime had ignored the plight of the farmers and did not complete the irrigation projects. Instead of appreciating the government for turning agriculture into a festival by supporting the farmers, the opposition is resorting to meaningless charges on the agriculture national award 2017 being bestowed on the Chief Minister. The 60-year rule by the successive governments ignored the farm sector in Telangana, and it is now being put on right track by the present dispensation.