Hyderabad: AICC general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Wednesday alleged that Prime Minister Narendra Modi is running the Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) government in Telangana with a remote control.
Addressing an election rally in Mulugu, she claimed that chief minister K Chandrasekhar Rao’s regime failed to keep up its promise of providing a job to each family leading to 40 lakh youth in the state being jobless.
“On one side there is a BRS government which initially spoke of Telangana but today they have “joined hands” with BJP. (PM) Modi ji is running the (Telangana) government with a remote control,” she charged, adding rampant corruption everywhere.
Slamming the BRS government, she said it is not considering controlling inflation and providing employment, but concentrating on protecting the land and sand mafias.
The BRS promised ‘Bangaru Telangana’ (golden Telangana), but she said they constructed luxurious palaces for themselves.
Congress MP Rahul Gandhi warned the public that supporting BRS or AIMIM inadvertently strengthens the BJP.
“The Congress government in Rajasthan, Chattisgarh, Karnataka have fulfilled the promises. We had guaranteed free bus rides for women in Karnataka, which we fulfilled. Rajasthan has one of the best medical infrastructure in the country. We don’t just make promises. We fulfil them,” he said.
He also spoke elaborately on the “six guarantees” that the party announced for the assembly elections. It included the promise of Rs 2,500 per month, a cooking gas cylinder at Rs 500 for women, 200 units of free electricity, Rs 5 lakh for constructing homes, a 250 sq yard house for families of Telangana martyrs, Rs 4000/month as pension for elderly citizens, and Rs 5 lakh student assistance.
The Congress MP listed out the six guarantees announced by the party last month. Speaking in a region with a large tribal population, he promised that once voted to power the Congress would give them back rights on Podu lands and assigned lands.
He also assured that if the Congress was voted to power at the Centre, the Sammakka Sarakka tribal festival of Mulugu will be given the status of a national festival.
Claiming that the Congress does what it promises, Rahul Gandhi said the Congress promised Telangana state in 2004 and it carved out the state despite knowing that such a decision could damage the party politically.
Targeting KCR, the Congress leader said he did not fulfill his promises of three acres of land for every Dalit family, a job for one person in every house, and clean governance in the state.
He reiterated that there was a scam of Rs.1 lakh crore in the Kaleshwaram project. He alleged that people’s lands were snatched through the Dharani portal scam.
“He promised houses for you. He promised to farmers that their loans of one lakh rupees will be waived off, but failed to fulfill them,” he said.
The Congress MP urged the people to see Congress-ruled states like Karnataka, Rajasthan, Himachal Pradesh and Chhattisgarh where the Congress did what it had promised.
He claimed that the healthcare system of Rajasthan was the best in the country while farmers in Chhattisgarh get the highest MSP for their produce.
“In Karnataka we gave five guarantees and in the very first Cabinet meeting we implemented them. Today women are travelling free and farmers and women are getting money in their bank accounts every month. We have done what we had promised,” he added.
Priyanka Gandhi along with her brother Rahul Gandhi arrived here in a chopper from Hyderabad this afternoon. Both of them kickstarted the Congress campaign and bus yatra “Vijayabheri Yatra” after offering special prayers at the historic Ramappa Temple.
(With inputs from PTI)
