Union Minister G Kishan Reddy rained down on Telangana Chief Minister KCR over ‘allegations against Prime Minister Narendra Modi.’ “KCR government’s been unable to give salaries to govt employees. Petrol prices highest in the state. TRS will lose in upcoming elections, they’re scared. He’s worried and wanted to make his son CM. Thus he is making false allegations against PM Modi,” the minister said.
KCR, on Saturday, announced that he would not be attending the meeting of NITI Ayog on Sunday stating that the Centre’s think tank and its meetings serve ‘no constructive purpose’ and that participating chief ministers are given ‘hardly a few minutes’ to express their views.
In a letter to PM Modi, the Telangana CM said, “I do not find it useful to attend the 7th Governing Council meeting of NITI Aayog scheduled to be held on August 7, 2022 and I am staying away from it as a mark of strong protest against the present trend of Central government to discriminate against the states and not treating them as equal partners in our collective effort to make India a strong and developed country.”
“It’s unfortunate that Telangana CM chose not to participate in Governing Council meeting of NITI Aayog. Governing Council is a forum where highest political leadership deliberate on development-related issues and agree on appropriate solutions for national development,” the Center’s think tank said in a statement. The NITI Aayog also refuted KCR’s allegations calling them ‘incorrect.’
Earlier this week, Gajendra Singh Shekhawat slammed the ruling TRS government in Telangana for ‘brushing aside the interest of the Telangana residents to benefit their own families’ in jibe toward KCR. “In the struggle for Telangana, BJP played a key role. Some people have conspired to make everyone forget about this. Some are brushing aside the interest of the Telangana residents to benefit their own families. KCR, get off the throne,” Shekhawat said.
