HYDERABAD: Blaming BJP of dividing the country on the basis of religion, chief minister K Chandrasekhar Rao said the wedge between Hindus and Muslims was hurting the development. “Dividing people on the basis of religion is precisely what Prime Minister Narendra Modi is doing. He has created a wedge between Hindus and Muslims. Every time during elections, the BJP rakes up the Ram Mandir issue, as if there is nothing else for the country to discuss,” KCR said at an election meeting in Nirmal on Sunday.
Addressing the meeting in support of TRS Adilabad candidate G Nagesh, KCR said Modi is visiting places where people live together in harmony, irrespective of their religion, and trying to spoil the secular atmosphere. “Don’t fall prey to BJP propaganda. Isn’t Nagoba Jatara celebrated in Adilabad? Has BJP built all the temples here? Does BJP think it will teach us how to be religious?” KCR questioned.
The CM said that Chinese authorities, who have keen interest in the results of 2019 Lok Sabha elections, have also figured out the BJP’s plan. “The report said that China should not be bothered about the elections in India, because people were being divided on the basis of religion and that was keeping them occupied,” he said.
KCR said in the next 10 years,
Telangana government would spend Rs 30 lakh crore on development, which is only Rs 3 lakh crore less than the Centre’s budget. Attacking BJP government for the predicament faced by turmeric farmers in Nizamabad, he said it was the Modi government which was not giving remunerative prices.
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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