‘Free rice, power, gas cylinders in Congress rule’

Separate sub-plan for BCs and Minorities, says Uttam

September 06, 2018 12:29 am | Updated 12:29 am IST - Hyderabad

 TPCC president Uttam Kumar Reddy senior Congress leaders Shabbir Ali, Sridhar Babu and Jeevan Reddy during a media conference at Gandhi Bhavan in Hyderabad on Wednesday.

TPCC president Uttam Kumar Reddy senior Congress leaders Shabbir Ali, Sridhar Babu and Jeevan Reddy during a media conference at Gandhi Bhavan in Hyderabad on Wednesday.

Telangana Congress unveiled a preview of its manifesto for the next elections that include enhancing free ration to eligible SC and ST categories, fine rice for all ration card holders, six gas cylinders to BPL families per year, ₹ 5 lakh to eligible people who construct houses on their own plots, bicycles to girl students from 7th class to Intermediate and enhancement of Arogyasri limit to ₹ 5 lakh from ₹ 2 lakh apart from separate sub-plan for Backward Classes and Minorities.

“All these promises would be implemented unlike the false promises made by the TRS party,” Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee (TPCC) president N. Uttam Kumar Reddy, said at a press conference here on Wednesday.

Mr. Reddy said the financial commitment for all these schemes and earlier schemes announced were worked out by the committee headed by T. Jeevan Reddy that did a massive exercise while recommending a plethora of schemes for the people. “We gave Telangana State and we know how to take care of our people,” he said.

Key features

Explaining some key promises to be included in the manifesto, he said fine rice would be given to all ration card holders apart from reviving the nine-item kit that included wheat, sugar, oil and pulses. He said employees, journalists and others covered under health scheme would now get ₹ 5 lakh limit.

A special insurance package of ₹ 5 lakh would be announced for the Gulf migrants, he said criticising the TRS that it ignored them after garnering their votes in 2014. A special NRI policy for Gulf migrants would be announced and a special fund of ₹ 500 crore would be created to help the migrant workers. Six domestic gas cylinders for BPL families would be given free of cost.

Mr. Reddy said the Chief Minister K. Chandrashekar Rao took a ‘disgusting’ political decision to stop payment of bills for money spent by beneficiaries for Indiramma houses alleging fraud and after four years he has not found any error but did not release the money. Congress after coming back to power will release pending bills to 4 lakh people and also give ₹2 lakh to construct an additional room. Those planning to construct houses on their own land will be given ₹ 5 lakh. He also promised that they would construct 2 lakh houses every year for the weaker sections. A sub-plan for Backward Classes and Minorities would be included in the Budget. While overall budget of nearly ₹ 6.5 lakh crore was shown in the last five Budgets, the actual amount spent on welfare of minorities was a little over ₹ 3,000 crore which was not even 0.4%. He said ₹ 25,000 crore was allocated for BC welfare but not even one-fourth of the amount had been spent.

The TPCC chief also promised free power up to 200 units to all poor SCs and STs. Religious places would be supplied power at free of cost and rules would be prescribed soon. He said Congress government would protect the interest of tenant farmers and they would get all benefits and sops given by the government.

Mr. Reddy said TRS was under severe shock due to the failure of its public meeting at Kongara Kalan and Husnabad meeting on September 7 was to overcome that shock. But people know the reality and they were treating the next elections as ‘KCR family Vs People of Telangana’.

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