TRS slams BJP Modi govt over economy black money farm laws

Hyderabad, Nov 2 (PTI) The ruling TRS working president
and Telangana Minister K T Rama Rao on Monday mounted a sharp
attack on the BJP and the NDA government at the Centre over
its management of economy, the new farm laws and alleged
failure to bring back black money.
Speaking at an event where a BJP leader and his
supporters joined the Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS), he said
the national party always created a "gung-ho, but there is no
substance in it".
He cited the example of 2018 assembly elections when BJP
claimed itself to be the alternative to TRS.
But the Telangana people have reposed faith in TRS in
election after election, Rao, son of Chief Minister K
Chandrasekhar Rao, said.
TRS was ready to prove what the party government had done
in the last six years since the formation of the separate
state in 2014, he said.
"Telangana people, Telangana state gave Rs 2.72 lakh
crore to the Centre in the form of taxes in the last six
years.It could be Income Tax, Central Excise, GST or others.
Rs 2.72 lakh crore in the last six years. But, how much
Telangana has got in six years? Only Rs 1,40,329 crores.
It is only taking, but not giving us from Delhi, he said.
When that was the reality, BJP leaders spoke as if the
Centre had been funding all welfare programmes in the state,
he said.
The BJP leaders, however, were not ready to accept when
money was seized from their houses, he claimed, referring to
unaccounted money allegedly being seized from the relatives of
the BJP candidate in Dubbak bypoll to be held on Tuesday.
TRS can speak for hours together on what it had done to
the poor, including social security pensions, investment
support scheme for farmers, insurance scheme for farmers, he
said and asked what was there to say about the contributions
of the Narendra Modi government for common people.
The NDA governments demonetisation decision derailed the
rapidly growing economy and the COVID-19-induced lockdown
added to the adverse impact, he alleged.
Even before the outbreak of coronavirus, the country
which was growing fast, has slowed down because of the
Centre's bankrupt policies, he said.
In GDP, on one hand, elders in Delhi make claims about
their chest. But, the reality today is, Bangladesh and Sri
Lanka have moved ahead of us in GDP. Today, we, such a large
country, are in a position of bowing our head down in front
of them and the world with a lesser GDP, he said.
The BJP talked about creating two crore jobs every year,
"depositing Rs 15 lakhs" in bank accounts and bringing back
black money, he said.
The NDA government has not brought back black money but
brought in 'black' laws that would "leadto a crisis" in the
agriculture sector and break the back of farmers in the name
of reforms, he claimed.
Elders had once said Jai Jawan, Jai Kisan. But, the
kisan (farmer) is in danger today and Jawan is also not safe
at the borders, he said.
Some were dreaming and trying to foment trouble in the
name of religion, he said, asserting religious tolerance was
ingrained in Telangana.
For the TRS, religion was not a campaign issue and
patriotism not for showing off, Rama Rao added. PTI SJR
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