Hyderabad: Taking on Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao for his direct attack, Telangana JAC chairman Prof. Kodandaram accused him of acting in a “dictatorial style” leaving no role for ministers, officials and even legislators.
“Governance is in the hands of one family, which was not the objective or aim of the statehood movement,” he said.
“Everyone is aspiring for Bangaru Telangana, but the TRS government is transforming the state into “Appula Telangana” by borrowing over Rs 2 lakh- crore to burden people of the state,” he said.
Prof. Kodandaram was speaking after the conclusion of a TJAC meeting. He said the tone and tenor of Mr Rao not only lowered his (Mr Rao’s) image but also that of the post.
“It is very evident the CM does not like it if anyone questions him. During his two-hour press meet, the CM did not respond to questions raised by the TJAC but focused only on personal attacks. This was not what we fought for. We wanted a democratic Telangana state not the autocratic type of functioning,” he said.
Prof. Kodandaram said they faced such attacks from anti-Telangana forces during the statehood movement, but never expected this to come in their own Telangana state.
Responding to the CM’s objection on need for TJAC to continue in the new state, he recalled the words of Telangana ideologue Prof. Jayashankar. Once the goal of separate Telangana was reached, he wanted TJAC to strive for development of the new state to ensure “Samajika Telangana”, Prof. Kodandaram said.
The TJAC chairman said TRS government was acting in a manner to benefit only Andhra contractors with an eye on kickbacks and commissions, while the interests of Telangana contractors were ignored.
He said public money was being wasted in schemes like Mission Bhagiratha and Mission Kakatiya, which was why TJAC demanded a social audit.
He said pipelines were being laid in areas that had pipeline connectivity, raising doubts about government’s intentions. He said government was going ahead with irrigation projects without detailed project reports and at times changing designs at will.
He said the Chief Minister never went to the Secretariat, but had built a very big house-cum-camp office. Neither his party men nor the general public can get CM's appointment easily, he added.
