GHMC polls: Prakash Javadekar fumbles on facts

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Hyderabad: The much-hyped BJP chargesheet against the TRS rule turned out to be a damp squib. The party continues to rely on spreading lies and half-truths targeted at the TRS rule in the State in its attempt to win votes in the ensuing GHMC polls. Union Minister Prakash Javadekar did not think twice before making contradictory statements on various schemes being implemented by the State government.
Seeking to corner the TRS government ahead of the GHMC elections, Javadekar asked about the developmental works that the government has done in Hyderabad and released the chargesheet, which he termed as failures of the State government.

He targeted Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao and the State government over construction of one lakh double bedroom houses, but ended up making contradictory statements. He said the State government promised one lakh double bedroom houses in Hyderabad, but did not construct even 2,500 houses within 30 km radius of the city.
“The Centre released funds for the housing scheme. But the State government added an additional room and changed the name. It was just politics, nothing else,” he said. However, minutes later, he gave a contradictory statement saying that Chandrashekhar Rao did not implement Ayushman Bharat, Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana and also Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana. “Had the Chief Minister opted for the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana, the State would have got 10-15 lakh weaker section houses,” he claimed.

Referring to the recent heavy rains in Hyderabad, which recorded the highest rainfall in last century, Javadekar said the TRS government which promised to turn Hyderabad into a global city, had turned it into a flood city. He alleged that the TRS leadership distributed Rs 10,000 financial aid only to fill the pockets of its party leaders and resorted to a scam. However, he evaded questions on the Centre’s lack of response to Chandrashekhar Rao’s request to Prime Minister Narendra Modi to release Rs 1,350 crore towards immediate flood relief.
The Union Minister said the TRS government did not fulfil its promise of one lakh jobs. “They promised to transform the water of Hussain Sagar lake to coconut water but now today every drainage and sewerage water goes there,” he added. He claimed that though the Covid-19 was covered under Ayushman Bharat, the State government refused to adopt the scheme and was not providing treatment for the epidemic under the Aarogyasri scheme.

On the Chief Minister’s allegations that Prime Minister Modi was selling the Railways and the Life Insurance Corporation (LIC) of India, Javadekar said that there is no disinvestment in Railways and LIC. “Everything is a rumour,” he said, adding the TRS should first answer on their promises of corruption, employment and development.
Javadekar claimed that the AIMIM had a closed-door understanding with Chandrashekhar Rao even as Owaisi said they were contesting against the TRS. “In Hyderabad, the question is that whose Mayor you want — AIMIM or BJP? Voting for the Congress and the TRS means voting for AIMIM and voting for AIMIM means voting for the division.” However, he did not elaborate on the term ‘division’.

Javadekar, along with BJP leaders including BJP State president Bandi Sanjay Kumar and MP D Aravind, released the chargesheet on the alleged failures of the TRS in Hyderabad. He claimed that the Dubbak elections had shown the BJP wave in Telangana and the party was only turning it in its favour to win GHMC polls.