Hyderabad: Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee president N. Uttam Kumar Reddy has promised to introduce a sub-plan for minorities and an allocation of 12 per cent of their budget for their welfare.
Addressing a meeting on national integration to mark the 130th birth anniversary of Maulana Abul Kalam Azad here on Sunday, Mr Uttam Kumar Reddy alleged that TRS’ “deceitful attitude” towards Muslims and caretaker Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao’s proximity with BJP posed a big threat to the continuation of 4 per cent Muslim reservations.
Listing out the failures of TRS government towards minorities, he said, “Not even 50 per cent of the allocated budget was spent on minorities' welfare. Only '3,000 crore was spent in the last four-and-a-half years on minorities’ welfare which was not even 0.5 per cent of '6.75 lakh crore, the total budget of Telangana state all these years. The TRS, if voted to power again, might not defend the 4 per cent Muslim quota in the Supreme Court to please Prime Minister Narender Modi as it wants to go with the BJP in the Lok Sabha elections.”
“Today he is not even talking about 12 per cent Muslim reservation. KCR apparently feels that he can easily get away after cheating the entire Muslim community and he won’t be questioned by anyone. The recent instances have unmasked KCR. His hatred towards Muslims and proximity towards Sangh Parivar has been proved repeatedly. He openly supported the BJP in the elections for President and Vice-President and TRS MPs supported Modi government by not taking part in voting during the no-confidence motion moved by the TD,” he said.
He also slammed the TRS government for not appealing in a higher court against the verdict of the NIA court on the Macca Masjid blast case wherein all accused were acquitted.
The TPCC chief said “The judgement was delivered in April this year while KCR was in power. What prevented the TRS government from filing an appeal in the higher court against the verdict? Similarly, the report on Alair encounter in which five Muslim youth were shot dead while they were being brought to court in Hyderabad is yet to be prepared.”
