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Govt pushing Grama Jyothi to hide failures: Cong
Govt pushing Grama Jyothi to hide failures: Cong. Leader of Opposition in Telangana Legislative Council Mohammed Ali Shabbir alleged that the government was trying to cheat people by announcing the same old schemes with different names.
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Terms the prestigious rural development scheme ‘old wine in a new bottle’
Hyderabad: Leader of Opposition in Telangana Legislative Council Mohammed Ali Shabbir alleged that the government was trying to cheat people by announcing the same old schemes with different names. He described the Grama Jyothi programme, to be launched by the Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) government on August 17, as ‘old wine in a new bottle’.
Addressing a press conference at the Congress Legislature Party office here on Thursday, Shabbir Ali reminded that in 2014, Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao launched the scheme ‘Mana Vuru, Mana Pranalika’ and said the government was trying to divert attention of people from the earlier scheme.
He said the State government promised to spend Rs 14,658 crore on that project, and added that not even 20 percent of the funds were spent and the entire scheme turned out to be a damp squib despite spending crores of rupees on its publicity.
Shabbir Ali said Chandrashekar Rao should give an explanation on the status of ‘Mana Vuru, Mana Pranalika’ before going ahead with Grama Jyothi scheme. He said the new scheme had been announced only to cover up the failures of the old scheme. The Chief Minister made some insane announcements and backtracked after they turned into controversies, he said.
Demolition of illegal structures, shifting of Chest Hospital, shifting of Secretariat, draining out Hussainsagar Lake, construction of skyscrapers, change in alignment of Metro Rail project, construction of Telangana Kala Bharathi near Indira Park, acquisition of Parade Ground land, Intensive Household Survey, taking over the land of Osmania University and demolition of OGH were some of the issues which were over-hyped and then sidelined by Chandrashekar Rao, he said.
Shabbir Ali asked Chandrashekar Rao to explain how he proposed to mobilise at least Rs 1.70 lakh crore to fund some of the flagship schemes which his government proposed to implement. They include Rs 50,000 crore for SC welfare, Rs 25,000 crore for BC welfare, Rs 5,000 crore for minorities’ welfare, Rs 20,000 crore for Mission Kakatiya, Rs 35,000 crore for Water Grid and Rs 25,000 crore for Grama Jyothi. Stating that these figures were unrealistic, he asked the Chief Minister to issue a White Paper explaining how he proposed to raise funds.
