TRS MLA K Taraka Ramarao has lashed out at the special task force appointed by the union Home Ministry to look into the division of the state, and alleged that the report prepared by the task force, which was submitted to Group of Ministers (GoM) which was looking into the division issue, was a script of Seemandhra leaders.
Speaking to the media at Telangana Bhavan here on Friday, KTR alleged that the report was prepared under the direction of Seemandhras and unilaterally. He alleged that the Seemandhra rulers have transformed Hyderabad city as capital city of ‘scams’. The report of task force was a bundle of mistakes, he said.
Alleging that several scams have taken place during the rule of former chief ministers N Chandrababu Naidu and Dr YS Rajashekar Reddy, he asked the Taskforce whether they didn’t see the scam taken place in Emaar Properties. He alleged that land valued at Rs.80 crore was encroached at Nandagiri Hills. He said that it was unfortunate that the Taskforce prepared a report based on the opinions of Seemandhra industrialists, who met the task force secretly. He said that the Taskforce would have worked at the field level to collect the opinions. He alleged that the task force report was framed in a manner that it was insulting the Telangana agitators and protagonists, and it was a false report prepared succumbing to the pressure of Seemandhra leaders. He alleged that the Seemandhra leaders were trying to dictate terms in Hyderabad once again with the help of Governor’s rule. He made it clear that the TRS will not accept the conspiracies of Seemandhra leaders. He alleged that the Seemandhra leaders were resorting to white collar crimes with the help of the rulers.
He alleged that the Seemandhra leaders destroyed the image of Hyderabad city. He said Hyderabad had been a great city even before Independence, and in 1935 the well-known Times magazine has written about it. Another prominent newspaper Outlook had also written on Hyderabad.
KTR alleged that the Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy had allotted Rs.500 crore to his native district Chittoor. He alleged that a conspiracy involving commissions of hundreds of crores was taking place in drinking water schemes in Chittoor district. He asked whether nobody seeing the looting of Chief Minister in the state. He also questioned as to why there should be limitations in regard to Hyderabad city when there were no such conditions in any city across the nation.
He asked the Seemandhra people as to why they were having apprehensions when Punjabis, Gujaratis, Marwaris were living without any fear in Hyderabad city.(NSS)