Hyderabad: Telangana Livestock Development Agency (TGLDA) Chairman Dr Charan Kaushik Yadav accused Union Minister Bandi Sanjay Kumar of insulting Telangana over the Bharat Summit.
Yadav responded to the Union Minister’s comments at a press conference. He said the summit aims to make Telangana an international centre for ideas and investment.
According to Yadav, Bandi Sanjay’s claim that the summit had made the state “impure” was an insult to Telangana’s self-respect and progress. He alleged it was part of a conspiracy to block the state’s development.
Yadav also pointed out that Union Minister Piyush Goyal had attended and praised the summit’s curtain-raiser event in Delhi earlier. Bandi Sanjay’s description of the summit as “treason” now exposes the BJP’s double standards, he said.
He objected to Bandi Sanjay’s description of a tenant farmers’ stall at the summit as a “joke”. Yadav said the remark reflected the BJP’s anti-farmer mindset. He cited a Rs 500 bonus for farmers and tenant farmers. Bringing the struggles of dairy farmers and rural workers to a global platform showed the government’s sincerity, he added.
Gig workers, voter rolls raised in Bharat Summit row
Yadav said Telangana is implementing a gig workers’ policy and health security measures, something no other state in the country has done. Rahul Gandhi rolled them out, he said. However, the BJP government at the Centre has given gig workers no thought and is belittling the state’s schemes, he alleged. He called this unjust.
On voter rolls, Yadav alleged that genuine voters are losing their rights in the name of revising the voter list. He said it was wrong to equate Rahul Gandhi’s democratic questioning of the process with treason. Bandi Sanjay should first examine whether the BJP has internal democracy, he said.
Yadav also said Bandi Sanjay did not attend the all-party meeting the state government held on drought conditions. He alleged that the Union Minister has failed to secure Telangana’s due funds from the Centre or get its bifurcation promises fulfilled. Instead, he is confining himself to criticism meant for publicity, Yadav said.
According to Yadav, the Congress government is moving ahead with Rythu Bharosa for eligible farmers, welfare for dairy farmers and jobs for youth. He claimed Bandi Sanjay was making baseless charges because he could not accept this progress.