Kavitha Bats For People-Centric Political Culture In Telangana
Political parties were treating people as mere voting machines by making grand promises before elections and failing to fulfil them after coming to power: Kalvakuntla Kavitha
NALGONDA: Kalvakuntla Kavitha, founder president of Telangana Jagruthi, on Friday said she would strive to usher in a new political culture in Telangana that is centred on people’s issues.
As part of her Jagruthi-Janam Baata tour in Suryapet district, she visited the government hospital at Thungathurthy, a Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidyalaya (KGBV) at Arvepally, Rudrama Cheruvu at Velugupally and the integrated market in Suryapet.
Addressing gatherings at various locations, Kavitha said political parties were treating people as mere voting machines by making grand promises before elections and failing to fulfil them after coming to power. She said such practices needed to end and called for issue-based politics that genuinely addresses public concerns.
She alleged that both the previous BRS government and the present Congress government had neglected crop canals, affecting irrigation facilities in the district. She said the earlier BRS government had failed to honour its promise to construct an irrigation project across Rudrama Cheruvu at Velugupally. She also pointed out that the construction of a 100-bed hospital at Thungathurthy, taken up in 2018, was yet to be completed, reflecting a lack of commitment by successive governments towards healthcare for the poor.
Kavitha said health and education should be accorded top priority with adequate budgetary allocations, but regretted that both sectors continued to receive meagre funds.
She further alleged that while the BRS had claimed that 1,200 people sacrificed their lives for the cause of Telangana statehood, adequate support had not been extended to all the families of Telangana martyrs. She demanded a monthly pension of ₹25,000 for Telangana agitators.