PNS|Hyderabad
The Congress has accused the BRS and its ally AIMIM of misusing the Assembly to deceive minorities ahead of the next elections.
TPCC Minorities Department Chairman Shaik Abdullah Sohail said in a statement on Monday that Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao and AIMIM Floor Leader Akbaruddin Owaisi have been engaging in a “question-answer drama” to falsely claim commitment to minority welfare.
He pointed out that Owaisi has been repeating the same questions for the last nine years, while KCR has responded with empty assurances and false promises without addressing the real issues faced by minorities.
Sohail accused AIMIM MLAs of not holding the BRS government accountable for its failures in releasing funds and implementing welfare schemes for minorities. He also criticised other BRS leaders, including IT Minister KT Rama Rao, for giving fake assurances and not taking action to resolve pending issues.
The Congress leader claimed that the BRS and AIMIM have turned the Assembly into an election platform, where they strategically exchange questions and answers to promote each other’s electoral prospects.
He emphasized that the real problems of minorities are not being addressed, and Assembly sessions merely present a show of false claims and political drama. He said that the BRS government should have been transparent in presenting details of the funds allocated for minority welfare, its utilization and the schemes implemented during the last nine years.
He pointed out that many welfare schemes had been delayed or stalled due to budgetary constraints, but the government’s responses in the Assembly gave the impression that all issues were resolved.
The Congress leader said that many issues connected to the development of the old city had been raised in the Assembly for nine years but no substantial action has been taken by the government.
He questioned the timing of announcements like the establishment of an IT tower in Pahadi Sharif, suspecting that it might be politically motivated with elections in mind.
He reminded the public of the BRS’s promises in its 2014 election manifesto, where it pledged to shift the Chanchalguda Jail and Race Course in Malakpet from the Old City to develop those areas as educational hubs. However, these promises remained unfulfilled, raising concerns about the government’s commitment to development.
With less than six months left for Assembly elections, KCR announced the establishment of an IT park near Pahadi Sharif with many riders and a very long process like the formation of a committee, identification of Wakf land, etc. This was done as a tactic to woo AIMIM voters as everyone knows no IT Park could be established in six months.
BRS-AIMIM leaders will cheat people by laying a foundation stone for the IT park as they did in several other cases like the International Islamic Centre, he said.
Regarding minority student scholarships and funds for other schemes, Sohail pointed out that KCR’s promise to release the budget for these programmes indirectly acknowledged that funds had been withheld in the past.
He demanded an explanation from the government as to why minority representation in bodies like the Public Service Commission was initially neglected which KCR is now promising to give.
The Congress leader also condemned IT Minister KT Rama Rao for allegedly misleading the family of the victim of a violent incident. He accused KTR of making false promises of a government job to the widow of Syed Saifuddin, who was killed in the Jaipur-Mumbai train shooting.
