Hyderabad: On Saturday, as Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated improvement tasks for the state of Telangana at an occasion at the Parade Grounds in Secunderabad — Hyderabad’s twin metropolis — one of many chairs on the dais had been reserved for state Chief Minister Okay. Chandrashekar Rao (KCR).
The chair, nevertheless, was eliminated minutes earlier than Modi arrived on the venue as KCR gave the occasion a miss. Even within the official plan of Modi’s schedule in Telangana, which ThePrint has accessed, about seven minutes have been allotted for KCR’s deal with — had he attended the programme.
“After all, an official invitation was despatched to the Telangana authorities. In reality, of their (state’s) inside planning schedule, that they had additionally allotted a couple of minutes for the CM’s deal with. So, naturally one would assume he’s attending,” a supply concerned within the planning of the PM’s go to advised ThePrint.
Sources additionally added that there was no official intimation of the CM skipping the occasion.
When requested why the CM didn’t attend the programme regardless of the invitation, Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) chief and Rajya Sabha member Okay. Keshava Rao advised ThePrint, “When the state is insulted exterior, why ought to we attend?”. “Each time such an official programme occurs that entails railways particularly the MPs within the state should get an invite. Not one in all our names was on the cardboard. I suppose Congress MP Revanth Reddy’s identify was talked about,” Rao claimed.
Modi was in Telangana to inaugurate the Vande Bharat Categorical connecting Secunderabad to Tirupati and in addition lay the inspiration stone for improvement tasks price Rs 11,000 crore.
The Prime Minister carried out bhoomi puja for the redevelopment and modernisation of Secunderabad Railway Station, which, in line with experiences, would price Rs 715 crore.
Then there have been bhoomi pujas for six nationwide freeway tasks to be constructed at an estimated price of Rs 7,864 crore and in addition for the event work at All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) Bibinagar, which is estimated to price Rs 1,336 crore.
The chief minister didn’t obtain the Prime Minister on the Begumpet Airport on his arrival. As an alternative, cupboard minister Talasani Srinivas Yadav (Animal Husbandry minister) was despatched to formally welcome the PM.
Talking on the state Saturday, PM Modi stated, “I’m pained to see how tasks are getting delayed due to the state authorities’s non-cooperation and politics…Those that have all the time defended corrupt, dynasty politics are actually getting fearful and stumped seeing our trustworthy work throughout the nation… Corrupt and power-hungry dynasties are blocking central schemes like DBT (Direct Profit Switch), they’re making an attempt to regulate the system.”
Modi additionally advised the individuals of Telangana that they wanted to “weed out” corrupt and dynastic politics from the state — a time period that the BJP makes use of to take digs at KCR’s household, which has three elected representatives.
Taking a dig at KCR, Union Railways Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw, who was on the occasion with the PM, stated, “For the event of any venture, we additionally want the cooperation of the state authorities, so I request the state to rise above politics & embody sabka saath sabka vikas in spirit.”
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Row over airport visits
This isn’t the primary time that KCR has been absent on the airport on the time of the PM’s go to. It has been a steady observe over the previous two years at the least, as relations between the KCR-led Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) authorities on the state and the Bharatiya Janata Occasion on the Centre soured.
Vinod Kumar, former MP and senior BRS chief, has claimed PM Modi, throughout his go to to the state throughout the pandemic, had refused KCR’s invitation to obtain him on the airport. Talking to the media Friday, Kumar claimed the PM had requested the CM to “not come” to the airport or programmes thereafter.
Telangana IT Minister Okay.T. Rama Rao, additionally KCR’s son, had additionally prior to now claimed that the PM’s workplace had stated the “CM shouldn’t come,” when the PM was on the town.
This was on the time when Modi was within the state to inaugurate religious guru Ramanujacharya’s statue final yr and KCR didn’t obtain him on the airport or accompany the PM afterward his go to to Covid vaccine manufacturing large Bharat Biotech’s plant in Hyderabad.
(Edited by Richa Mishra)
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