Hyderabad: T-Congress bigwigs on Saturday lashed out at Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao for his Friday’s outburst against them, saying that the CM was favouring Andhra contractors for huge commissions and doing injustice to the state.
Addressing a joint press conference at the Gandhi Bhavan, TPCC chief N. Uttam Kumar Reddy, K. Jana Reddy Mohd. Ali Shabbir, V. Hanumantha Rao, Ponnala Lakshmaiah and Damodar Raja Narasimha accused Mr Rao of spending public money for fulfilling his personal vows, something no CM had done earlier.
They said as main Opposition in the state, it was the duty of the Congress to expose the misdeeds of the government and they had done nothing wrong in pointing out the CM’s blatant misuse of public funds in the name of fulfilling the vows.
They said that the CM should have been restrained in his criticism of Congress which was responsible for granting statehood to Telangana, with a surplus Budget. “KCR, after coming to power, succumbed to Andhra lobby and doled out projects to Andhra contractors just for the sake of commissions,” they said.
Mr Uttam Kumar Reddy said the laws clearly say that no government should spend public funds on religious activity but the CM had shown scant respect for the Constitution and blatantly violated the rules by spending crores of rupees on the gold.
“The CM, instead of replying to our questions, is levelling allegations against Congress leaders and calling us sanyasis. We can also reply to him in same language,’ Mr Uttam Kumar Reddy said.
They said TRS Govt failed to generate a single additional MW of power but was able to supply power through projects constructed during the Congress rule. They also said that the scene on the irrigation sector was similar, it is the projects constructed during Congress rule that were supplying water to the state.
