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Friday, May 15, 2026

KCR used Iftar time to make fake claims, instill fear in Muslims: Shabbir Ali - The Siasat Daily

Hyderabad: Former leader of opposition in Telangana Legislative Council Mohammed Ali Shabbir on Saturday strongly condemned chief minister K Chandrashekhar Rao (KCR) for not making any announcement about the loans or jobs for minority youth during the Iftar party hosted by the state government on Friday night.

“CM KCR did not speak about the implementation of promised 12% Muslim reservation, giving jobs and loans to minority youth, housing facility, the release of fee reimbursement and scholarships for minority students or any other electoral promise made by him in the last eight years. He did not even specify the deadline by which all vacant nominated posts in the minority-related corporations will be filled. Iftar time is a pious moment for the Muslims and he used it to make false claims and instill fear among the minorities,” Shabbir Ali said in a media statement.

“Minorities voted for the TRS party in previous elections with the expectation that KCR would honour his promises. Earlier, KCR cheated Muslims with fake promises and false claims. Now he wants them to support TRS out of fear of BJP,” he alleged.

Advising KCR and other Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) leaders to read a few relevant history books, Shabbir Ali said Hyderabad has been a peaceful city for more than 400 years. “All 16 Chief Ministers who ruled from Hyderabad had hosted Iftar parties during the holy month of Ramzan. KCR should not assume that he is the only ‘secular’ CM in the entire history,” he...



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