Telangana BJP President and Union Minister of Coal & Mines G. Kishan Reddy on Friday asserted that 140 crore people of the country have already given a certificate to Prime Minister Narendra Modi by electing him for the third successive term. Hence, there is no need to get any fresh ‘certificate’ from Congress leader Rahul Gandhi either on the Constitution or Dr. Ambedkar.
Addressing a gathering after paying tributes to former Chief Minister of Bihar Karpoori Thakur on his birth anniversary at the State office, Mr. Reddy stated that the Congress leader has no ethical right to extol the Constitution when he had not even bothered to ‘read it’.
The Congress had insulted the Constitutional provisions during its decades in power at the Centre by dismissing State governments belonging to Opposition parties and had throttled the media. But, canards are being spread about the Constitution being in danger when it is bound to ‘remain as along the sun shines’, he proclaimed.
Highlighting the contribution of Thakur as CM towards social and administrative reforms, he pointed out that it was the Modi government which had given the ‘Bharat Ratna’ award. Unlike the Congress regimes, the Centre had depoliticised Padma awards giving them to those with societal contributions.
White Paper on MoUs
Meanwhile, party’s official spokesperson N.V. Subash raised concerns about the lack of accountability in converting MoUs into actual investments. “Last year, the government had claimed ₹48,000 crore in investments from the WEF. However, there has been no clarity on how many of those MoUs have materialized into operational businesses. People of Telangana deserve to know the facts and figures,” he said.
“MoUs are often proposals rather than binding agreements, and many projects fail to materialize. This makes it imperative for the government to present a transparent report on the outcomes of past investment claims. Such a move would build public trust and ensure accountability,” he said.
Earlier, he had a series of incidents to showcase the government’s neglect and ineffectiveness, including the suicide of a farmer inside a bank in Adilabad, another suicide by an autodriver due to financial distress, farmers’ protest in Suryapet for water through SRSP and another person’s accidental death caused by a pack of street dogs chasing him.
Published – January 24, 2025 06:15 pm IST
