Hyderabad: Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) working President K.T. Rama Rao on Saturday termed the Union Budget 2019-20 as “disappointing and insipid” from Telangana’s perspective.
In a series of tweets, Rama Rao criticized the budget saying it completely ignored the state.
KTR, as Rama Rao is popularly known, said while the Economic Survey praised Telangana’s initiatives, Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman completely ignored a performing state’s requests for support.
Son of Chief Minister K. Chandrashekhar Rao, KTR said that the Niti Aayog lauded Mission Kakatiya (lake restoration and strengthening) and Mission Bhagiratha (drinking water grid) and recommended to the Centre to allocate Rs 24,000 crore to these schemes of Telangana.
“Strangely, not even Rs 24 is allocated by the Finance Minister,” he said.
“Telangana has repeatedly demanded national project status for either Kaleshwaram or Palamuru lift irrigation projects on various forums. No mention or even acknowledgement. Are Telangana’s projects not in the interest of our nation?” he asked Sitharaman.
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