Asara pension forms: BJP slams Telangana govt

Hyderabad: BJP state president state that the government of Telagana announced that 4.27 lakh applications were received under the Aasara pension scheme form people in Hyderabad. Kishan reddy questioned the government that how does that number fallen to 1.37 lack in the recent announcement.

Addressing at the media point in the Assembly, he said, “In the written answer, the Panchayat Raj and Rural Development department had earlier stated that they had received about 4.72 lakh applications for the Aasara pension scheme from Hyderabad district. But on Wednesday, CM made a statement in the Assembly that only 1.37 lakh applications were received.”