Telangana Formation Day event: Had Sardar Patel not acted, India’s map wouldn’t be the same, says Shah

Shah took names of several eminent people and freedom fighters from Telangana, Alluri Sitaram Raju, Ramji Gaur, Kumaram Bhim among others, who, he said, stood against the Nizams for liberation of Telangana. He also made a mention of former PM Narasimha Rao, along with Swami Ramanand Teerth, Pandit Narendra, Suravaram Pratap Reddy, Kavi Dasrathi and Rangachari Govindbhai Shroff, among the people who fought for the freedom of the country and to liberate Telangana from the clutches of the Nizams.

With elections in Telangana scheduled for next year, Shah also attacked the KCR government in the state for spreading misinformation regarding the Centre’s alleged step-motherly treatment to Telangana, and accused him of not cooperating in celebrations of Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav.

‘తెలంగాణ ఆవిర్భావ దినోత్సవం’ సందర్భంగా సాంస్కృతిక శాఖ ఏర్పాటు చేసిన కార్యక్రమంలో ప్రసంగిస్తున్నాను…
On the special occasion of ‘Telangana Day’, addressing a program organised by the @MinOfCultureGoI. https://t.co/vPIFxLNbpB

— Amit Shah (@AmitShah) June 2, 2022

“There is a misinformation being spread that injustice is being meted out to Telangana. Between 2014-15 and 2021-22, the Narendra Modi government has spent Rs 2.52 lakh crore for the development of Telangana. Had you [KCR] responded to some of the government schemes positively, this figure would have crossed Rs 3.5 lakh crore. But you did not cooperate,” Shah said.

Shah said that the Modi government religiously follows the desired dynamics of Centre-state relationship. “We have never thought which state has our government and which doesn’t. We have never given any state step-motherly treatment. We accord full respect to any CM who comes to Delhi. We believe that the nation can progress only if states develop,” he said.

Culture Minister G Kishan Reddy, who comes from the region, also attacked KCR. “For eight years, he [KCR] hasn’t come to the secretariat. On the other hand, our PM has not taken even a day’s leave in the past eight years. There is no PM in the world who works 18 hours a day. You [KCR] don’t even work 18 hours a month. You are making allegations against the PM with a political motive,” Reddy said.

Congratulating the people of the state on its foundation day, Shah said BJP always supported the idea of a separate Telangana state but it was the Congress that delayed it.