Minister Tells Telangana BJP Leaders to March to Delhi, Not Across Telangana
The minister alleged that the previous BRS government had neglected the education sector during its tenure
Nalgonda: Roads and buildings minister Komatireddy Venkat Reddy on Sunday said BJP leaders should undertake a padayatra to New Delhi to press the Centre to increase the rice procurement quota from Telangana, instead of holding a bus yatra in the state during the concluding phase of paddy procurement.
Inspecting the construction of a Government Junior College at Kanagal in Nalgonda district, taken up at a cost of ₹6 crore, he said paddy procurement in the state had reached completion. He criticised the BJP’s three-day “Rythu Gosa-BJP Bharosa” bus yatra, alleging it was aimed at political gain rather than addressing farmers’ issues. He said the BJP-led Union government had earlier attempted to introduce anti-farmer laws and added that its leaders had no moral right to speak on farmers’ concerns.
He said education was a key means for the poor to achieve development and that the state government was strengthening infrastructure in educational institutions to improve access to quality education, particularly in rural areas. Government junior colleges had been established at mandal headquarters such as Thipparthi and Kanagal to bring education closer to students, he said, directing officials to complete the Kanagal college building at the earliest without compromising on quality.
The minister alleged that the previous BRS government had neglected the education sector during its tenure. He said Mahatma Gandhi University, established on 300 acres at Anneparthy during the tenure of Y.S. Rajasekhar Reddy, would offer courses such as DPharmacy, MPharmacy, BPharmacy and LLB from the current academic year.
Responding to criticism over his use of a helicopter, he said his travel, whether by helicopter, car or two-wheeler, was for development work in the district.
He said 80 per cent of the SLBC tunnel works had been completed and the remaining work would be finished soon. Once completed, the project would provide irrigation to cultivable land in Nalgonda district for two crops a year. He alleged that the BRS had politicised an accident at the tunnel site, and said work had resumed using new technology, with one kilometre of drilling completed.
He said Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy would lay the foundation stone for a Hybrid Annuity Model road project from Darveshipuram to Dindi via Kanagal, Gurrampode and Devarakonda, estimated at ₹13,600 crore, on June 13 or 15. A public meeting would be held between Gurrampode and Kanagal on the occasion.
He said the tendering process for the project had been completed under the roads and buildings department.
