Congress contributed the most to Brand Hyderabad, says Uttam Kumar Reddy

HYDERABAD: Launching his campaign in GHMC elections from Bouddha Nagar and other wards in Secunderabad zone on Monday, Telangana Congress president and Nalgonda MP N Uttam Kumar Reddy appealed to the voters to defeat the TRS, BJP and MIM. He alleged that TRS government was corrupt and charged BJP and MIM as parties promoting hatred on religious lines.
“Vote for the Congress, which contributed the most in building Brand Hyderabad image.Throw the TRS GHMC poll manifesto in the dustbin. Big ticket projects like the international airport, outer ring road, PVNR expressway, Hyderabad Metro Rail, Godavari and Krishna river drinking water supply lines to Greater Hyderabad, transforming the city into a pharma hub and setting the stage for IT development—all were either started or completed by the previous Congress governments,” Uttam said, while addressing a road show in Secunderabad.
Even the premier institutes such as BHEL, DRDL, HAL and HMT were established in Hyderabad during Congress regimes. The Information Technology Invest Region (ITIR) was sanctioned to Hyderabad when Congress was in power at the national level. “But due to negligence of TRS and BJP governments in the state and at the Centre, the state has lost the prestigious ITIR project. The Congress-led UPA government sanctioned ITIR project envisaged to get an investment of Rs 2.5 lakh crore with a potential to provide direct and indirect jobs to about 50 lakh people,” Uttam said.
Stating that the Congress wants all-round development of Greater Hyderabad and the state, Uttam said the Congress has always wanted people of all religions, regions and sections to live harmoniously.