Hyderabad: Former minister T Harish Rao on Monday claimed that the Congress govt has shelved all gift schemes of BRS govt meant for various communities during festivals. He said that Christians did not get their gifts for Christmas, while earlier Bathukamma sarees were not given to women and Ramzan ‘thofas’ denied to Muslims.
Speaking to reporters in Medak, he said that BRS chief and ex-chief minister K Chandrasekhar Rao had introduced the scheme for all religions and treated them equally. He recalled that the next day of Christmas was also declared a holiday.
The Siddipet MLA accused chief minister A Revanth Reddy of making false claims and said that the crime rate in Hyderabad had increased by 41% in the past year as per the annual crime report. He pointed out that both home, and law and order portfolios were with the CM.
He also claimed that when opposition leaders question the govt, they were being implicated in cases.
Harish Rao, who visited Warangal Health City, said all work had been halted for one year and warned that BRS would take up agitation if it was not started immediately.
