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KTR flays Congress, BJP for ‘false’ statements on rural, urban progress - The Hindu
Minister KTR faults Congress on ORR lease too, says Govt. followed NHAI norms
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Minister for IT, Industries and Urban Development K.T. Rama Rao has dared the Opposition — Congress and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) — to prove a State under their rule as better performing than Telangana and if they could, he would quit as Minister the next morning itself.
Replying to the debate on “measures taken by the government for providing infrastructure facilities and Palle Pragathi-Pattana Pragathi in the State” in the Assembly on Saturday, the Minister faulted M.Bhatti Vikramarka of Congress and M. Raghunandan Rao of BJP for making sweeping remarks on several issues “based on information they have or based on newspaper reports without ascertaining facts”.
Rebutting the criticism of Mr.Vikramarka on rural and urban development, Mr.Rama Rao said the Telangana model of development was holistic, integrated and inclusive and the average capital expenditure in Telangana was 25% during the past nine years, while it was 16% in Rajasthan and 15% in Chhattisgarh.
On urban development, the Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) government has spent 1,21,294 crore since the formation of the State and it includes the Centre’s contribution of 9,934 crore, while the expenditure was just 26,211 crore during the previous Congress rule from 2004 to 2014. He also cited a report published in the columns of The Hindu on Strategic Nala Development Project (SNDP) works and asked the Congress and BJP...
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