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CM Revanth Reddy says BRS will join hands with BJP
In Short
Participating in ‘National Education Day’ and ‘Minority Welfare Day’ celebrations on Wednesday, the Chief Minister said that the Congress party had the strength to take on the BJP.
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Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy
Hyderabad: Telangana Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy has claimed that the opposition Bharat Rashtra Samithi would join hands with the Bharatiya Janata Party and become a political ally to the saffron party in New Delhi after the next elections.
Participating in ‘National Education Day’ and ‘Minority Welfare Day’ celebrations on Wednesday, the Chief Minister said that the Congress party had the strength to take on the BJP. “The ‘car' (BRS party symbol) that starts from the streets of Telangana will turn into a 'lotus' (BJP symbol) the moment it reaches Delhi,” he observed. The Chief Minister criticised the BJP for stalling the minority reservation in education and jobs. He claimed that the Congress government was providing four per cent reservation for minorities. The BJP announced at a public meeting in Chevella that it would abolish minority reservations.
“We challenged the BJP to abolish the reservation in Gujarat first. The Congress empowered the poor and the minorities with the right to vote. The BJP is trying to disenfranchise them,” the Chief Minister charged.
Stating that the government had accorded top priority to the welfare of minorities, the Chief Minister said that the Metro Rail works were being taken up expeditiously in the Old City, which is called as Orginal City, and the Musi Rejuvenation Project would revive the Old City’s glory. The Chief Minister highlighted the importance of creating a night economy along the Musi river. Revanth Reddy warned that that jobs in software engineering were on the decline under the impact of AI technology.
Therefore, the government was providing avenues for skill development to create more blue collar jobs that cannot be performed by AI even in the future.
The government was prioritising the development of skills and sports. “We have already established the Young India Skills University and a Sports University,” Revanth Reddy said, while appealing to Muslims to provide education to their children. “ It is my responsibility to understand your challenges and resolve them,” he observed. Education alone had the power to transform lives; so, children should receive education and acquire skills, he underlined.
The Chief Minister highlighted the political empowerment of Muslims through posts and felicitations of talented sportspersons. Famous cricketer Azharuddin was inducted in the state Cabinet and Shabbir Ali was appointed as an advisor. The state government has honoured minority athletes, Nikhat and Siraj, who brought prestige to the nation in sports with both cash rewards and government jobs. Parents should encourage children to excel in sports like Nikhat Zareen and Sirajuddin, he suggested.
