Double engine sarkar is ‘jumla and hamla’: KTR

Adilabad/Hyderabad: BRS working president KT Rama Rao on Sunday alleged that Prime Minister Narendra Modi had done nothing for Telangana in the past 13 years and described the Double Engine Sarkar as nothing but ‘Jumla and Hamla’.

Addressing the Rythu Garjana public meeting in Adilabad, KTR said the Chief Minister should be given ‘belt treatment’ for his failure to prepare the State for the El Niño phenomenon.

“Modi has been Prime Minister for 13 years. What has he done for Telangana? He has not even given a single medical college to Adilabad or sanctioned a national project for the district. Why should our people vote for him? Modi is taking our industries to Gujarat. It is not Double Engine, but Jumla and Hamla,” he said.

He alleged that the Prime Minister and Chief Minister had become ‘Bade Bhai and Chote Bhai’, with the former ignoring the latter’s mistakes.

KTR also targeted local BJP MLA Payal Shankar, alleging that he and his family members were involved in corruption in the name of an industrial zone, with Revanth Reddy supporting them. He questioned why the BJP government was not reopening the Cement Corporation of India (CCI) unit and was instead conspiring to sell it as scrap.

Taking aim at Revanth Reddy, KTR said the Chief Minister deserved ‘belt treatment’ for his failure to fulfil promises to farmers. He alleged that the Congress had initially issued declarations but was now asking farmers to submit self-declarations. Using the phrase ‘Diwane ku vote dale toh diwala nikal gaya’, he said voting for a madman had pushed the State towards bankruptcy.

He alleged that power, water, industries and agriculture had all suffered under Congress rule.

“Revanth Reddy promised olden days and has actually brought back the dark old days,” he said.

On farmers’ issues, KTR demanded Rs.60,000 for each farmer towards four pending instalments of Rythu Bandhu at Rs.15,000 each. He alleged that the government had failed to prepare for El Niño and said Telangana would not have faced the situation had the Chief Minister lifted water from Kannepally in June, as demanded by the BRS. He claimed Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu had taken 700 TMC of water to his native village, while Revanth Reddy had failed to lift water for Telangana.

KTR urged farmers to wait another year, asserting that BRS president K Chandrashekar Rao would return as Chief Minister.

He also compared Revanth Reddy’s efforts to secure an appointment with the Maharashtra Chief Minister, which he claimed took three years, with KCR’s completion of a project in three years. He termed the Tummidihatti exercise a drama. Referring to the deaths of seven infants at Adilabad RIMS, KTR criticised the government’s explanation that rats were responsible. “This ‘Nallamalla Pilli’ was unable even to catch the rats,” he remarked.