HYDERABAD: The
Telugu Desam Party (TDP) has demanded that chief minister
K Chandrasekhar Rao
provide details about how Rs5 lakh crore were spent in the state in the last four years. “Budgets are presented and allocations are made. Since another budget is going to be presented, people should know how much has actually been spent and for what,” said TDP politburo member
Ravula Chandrasekhar Reddy
.
The TDP leader wondered why the state government was taking loans for irrigation projects when KCR had himself declared that
Telangana was rich and financially sound. “The talk about developing the state has been big, but the reality is different on the ground,” he said.
Chandrasekhar Reddy also said it had come to their notice that there was a freeze in spending by the government and even salaries were being denied to certain sections. “This only means that there is a financial emergency. It goes to show that government is not managing finances well. This is the only impression one gets,” he said.
The TDP leader also demanded to know how much the state government had allocated for the Kaleshwaram project in the last two years and how much was actually spent. He said the spending was far less than what has been allocated as funds had not been released. “The government is forming corporations only with the intention of borrowing money through them and also providing political facility for some to enjoy power and privileges,” he charged.
Chandrasekhar Reddy dismissed rumours about him joining the Congress. “The
Congress too is playing mind games like the TRS. I am in TDP and will never leave the party,” he said in reply to a question.
Sushil Rao is Editor-Special Reports, at The Times of India, Hyde...
Read MoreSushil Rao is Editor-Special Reports, at The Times of India, Hyderabad. He began his journalism career at the age of 20 in 1988. He is a gold medalist in journalism from the Department of Communication and Journalism, Arts College, Osmania University, Hyderabad from where he did his post-graduation from. He has been with The Times of India’s Hyderabad edition since its launch in 2000. He has also done an introductory course in film studies from the Film and Television Institute of India, Pune, and also from the Central University of Kerala equipping himself with the knowledge of filmmaking for film criticism. He has authored four books. In his career spanning 34 years, he has worked for five newspapers and has also done television reporting. He was also a web journalist during internet’s infancy in the mid 1990s in India. He covers defence, politics, diaspora, innovation, administration, the film industry, Hyderabad city and Telangana state, and human interest stories. He is also a podcaster, blogger, does video reporting and makes documentaries.
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