Harish Rao accuses govt. of cancelling ₹1,070 cr. work sanctioned to Siddipet

HYDERABAD

Deputy Floor Leader of the Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) in the Assembly and former minister T. Harish Rao has alleged that the Congress government is acting with political vengeance against the people of Siddipet assembly constituency as cancelling development works worth ₹1,070 crore is a clear indication.

In an open letter addressed to Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy on Saturday, ahead of the latter’s visit to the constituency on Sunday, Mr. Rao said the Chief Minister had also shifted the veterinary college sanctioned to Siddipet to his Kodangal constituency. He demanded that the Chief Minister give back all ₹1,070 crore development works to Siddipet.

Speaking to mediapersons there, he said it was with the Kaleshwaram Project constructed by K. Chandrasekhar Rao government in the past that the oilpalm factory in the constituency had become a reality. He stated that a total of 22,819 farmers (52% in Siddipet constituency) who were eligible for the farm loan waiver scheme did not get the benefit – including 350 in Narmeta village, where the Chief Minister would be inaugurating the oilpalm factory.

The BRS leader alleged that not even one new scheme/benefit was sanctioned to Siddipet constituency during the last two years. He said all the facilities/programmes were sanctioned during the previous BRS rule, including allocation of funds and completion of construction. Mr. Revanth Reddy would have his name on the plaque while all the hard work was done by the previous government.

Even the Narmeta oilpalm factory including refinery established with ₹300 crore cost with modern technology was the BRS government decision. The previous government had given 62 acres of land to the factory through TGIIC and he (Harish Rao) personally spoke to farmers and convinced them to take up oilpalm plantation in the areas.

Further, it was the previous government that had extended the Kaleshwaram canal and constructed a tank/pond with 20 crore litres of water storage capacity required for the oilpalm factory. The Chief Minister would also be inaugurating the ₹3.6 crore central drug store, ₹25 crore Ayush hospital, a public health centre at Gatla Malyala with ₹1.4 crore, urban PHC building in Siddipet – all sanctioned by me as the Minister for Health in the past and completed their construction during his tenure, Mr. Harish Rao explained.

Even the district jail, which would be inaugurated by the Chief Minister on Sunday, on 30 acres land, was sanctioned and constructed with ₹78 crore by the previous government, he noted.