Congress accuses BRS, AIMIM of misusing the Assembly to deceive minorities

Hyderabad, August 7: The Congress party has accused the ruling BRS party and its ally AIMIM of misusing the Legislative Assembly to deceive minority communities ahead of the next elections.

Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee (TPCC) Minorities Department Chairman Shaik Abdullah Sohail,  in a media statement on Monday, said that Chief Minister K. Chandrashekhar Rao and MIM floor leader Akbaruddin Owaisi have been engaging in a “question-answer drama” to falsely claim their commitment to minority welfare. He pointed out that Owaisi has been repeating the same questions for the past nine years, while CM KCR has responded with empty assurances and false promises, without addressing the real issues faced by minorities.

Sohail further accused the AIMIM MLAs of not holding the BRS government accountable for its failures in releasing funds and implementing welfare schemes meant for minorities. He also criticized other BRS leaders, including IT Minister K.T. Rama Rao, for giving fake assurances and not taking concrete actions to resolve pending issues.

The Congress leader claimed that the BRS and AIMIM have turned the Legislative Assembly into an election platform, where they strategically exchange questions and answers to benefit each other’s electoral prospects. He emphasized that the real problems of minorities are not being addressed, and the 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, their 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 several issues related to the development of the old city had been raised in the Assembly for nine years with no substantial action taken by the government. He questioned the timing of announcements, such as the establishment of an IT Tower in Pahadi Sharif, suspecting that they might be politically motivated with the upcoming elections in mind.

He reminded the public of the BRS party’s promises from its 2014 election manifesto, where it pledged to shift 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 the 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 MIM voters as everyone knows no IT Park could be established in a period of six months. BRS-MIM leaders will cheat the 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 programs indirectly acknowledged that the funds had been withheld in the past. He demanded an explanation from the government as to why minority representation in bodies like Public Service Commission was initially neglected which CM KCR is now promising to give.The Congress leader also condemned IT Minister K.T. Rama Rao for allegedly misleading the family members of a victim of a terrorist incident. He accused KTR of making false promises of a government job for the widow of Syed Saifuddin, who was martyred in the Jaipur-Mumbai train attack. However, the job offered turned out to be an Outsourcing Job, which lacks the stability of a regular government job and does not address the real concerns of the victim’s family. Further, the job has been offered by the Quli Qutub Shah Urban Development Authority (QQSUDA), which is a registered society and not a government department. (Maxim News)

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