TRS govt dashed hopes of people: Uttam

​Warangal Urban: The onus is on intellectuals to spread the failures of TRS government, Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee (TPCC) President N Uttam Kumar Reddy said here on Friday.

Speaking at the Telangana Intellectuals Meet that focused on ‘Aspirations of People and Failures of the TRS Government,’ Uttam Kumar Reddy launched an all-out attack against Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao stating that latter had failed to live up to the expectations of the people.

The meeting was organised by retired economics professor (Kakatiya University) and the convener of Telangana Intellectuals Forum (TIF) M Ashok Kumar. Former TPCC President Ponnala Laxmaiah, Konda Surekha, Konda Muralidhar Rao, Gandra Venkata Ramana Reddy and DCC President Naini Rajender Reddy were present.

“People in Telangana expected that there would be improvement in their lives, but nothing of that sort has happened. The TRS failed to fulfil election promises after forming a government,” he said, referring to the promise of double bedroom houses, 12 per cent reservations to Muslims and distribution of three acres of land for Dalit families etc.
The TRS government which promised to provide a job for each family had totally failed in employment generation in its four-and-half year rule, TPCC chief said. KCR may have failed in employment generation but he ensured five jobs to his family members, he pooh-poohed.

“If Congress is voted to power, it will fill one lakh job vacancies in government sector and strive for creation of another one lakh jobs in private sector,” Uttam Kumar Reddy asserted. He said within 100 days of assuming power, the Congress will issue a mega DSC notification to fill 20,000 posts, in addition to launching loan-cum-subsidy scheme exclusively for Backward Classes, Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes to encourage self-employment. “Even though Telangana had witnessed 4,500-odd farmers’ suicides, KCR did not have time to console the bereaved families,” he criticised.

So what made KCR suddenly to come up with Rythu Bandhu, farmers’ investment support scheme that provides Rs 8,000 per acre per annum, he said, raising questions over the timing of several initiatives of the TRS government. “It’s understandable that the government which aimed at early elections in the State launched a host of schemes to lure the people,” he said.

Stating that agriculture sector is Congress party’s priority if it was voted to power, he said. He promised that Congress government would waive crop loan up to Rs 2 lakh at one go unlike the TRS government that implemented it in instalments.

A minimum support price of Rs 6,000 per quintal for cotton, Rs 7,000 per quintal for pulses and Rs 10,000 per quintal for chilli and turmeric would be provided to farmers, the TPCC president said. In addition to this, the Congress would introduce Rs 5,000 crore market intervention fund in the budget, he assured.