More government institutions in Telangana are in for a change of nomenclature soon. This was hinted by Chief Minister, K. Chandrasekhar Rao, while renaming the Acharya N.G. Ranga Agriculture University after the Telangana ideologue, Prof. Jayashankar, here on Wednesday. “This is only the beginning. More changes are in the offing. Names of institutions listed in the Reorganisation Bill will be changed”, he remarked.
Referring to objections raised by his Andhra Pradesh counterpart, Mr. Rao said the Telangana government was well within its right to rename the Agriculture University which was in the 10 schedule. Bifurcation of institutions was being done as per rules and procedures. “There is no point in fighting. Let’s adopt live and let live policy”, Mr. Rao advised N. Chandrababu Naidu. In this connection he said the statues touted as representative of ‘our culture’ did not represent the Telangana ethos and history at all.
Mr. Rao had a dig at Mr. Naidu on the fee reimbursement issue and said the latter talked of building a capital better than Singapore but had no money to pay for the students. “If you want to compete, then do so in development and extending benefits to farmers”, he told Mr. Naidu much to the delight of the large number of farmers present.
He also took on Congress leader, Ponnala Laxmaiah, for faulting the TRS government. Mr. Laxmaiah should be ashamed of his criticism since the power crisis was the result of his own government’s policies in the past.
Referring to the power situation, he asked farmers to bear with him and not play into the hands of the Opposition. Right now, the situation was critical and the government was doing its best to get power from other states and to tap solar energy. Next year, things would be slightly better and in the third year farmers would be provided 24-hour power supply.
Kishan assailed
Mr. Rao criticised the BJP state president, G. Kishan Reddy, for faulting his government day in and day out. During the last two months, he had written 20 letters to the Prime Minister on the problems being faced by the State on the power front and other issues to no avail. Allotment of All India Service officers was not yet over and the government was working with fewer staff. If Mr. Kishan Reddy had guts, he should go to Delhi and sort out issues, the Chief Minister remarked
