The Telangana unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) once again on Thursday challenged Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao to a “public debate” on the quantum of funds dispersal to the State in the last eight years and claimed that as much as ₹3.3 lakh crore has been disbursed so far .
“These include funds given under tax devolution, various Centrally sponsored schemes, national highways, railway projects and so on. All the works being taken up in the villages whether it is roads or others are with the help of Central funds but the Telangana Rastra Samithi (TRS) government has been painting the pink colour on them to claim credit,” the party leaders charged at the “Save Democracry” protest held near the Indira Park”.
Party leaders K. Laxman, D.K. Aruna, MLAs - T. Raja Singh, Eatala Rajendra, M. Raghunandan Rao and others - converged on the venue, for which the police had initially denied permission but later relented. BJP corporators and office-bearers of various committees took part in the protest held from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. to highlight the "anti-democratic" act of the Speaker in ensuring that the suspensions of the three MLAs continued during the budget session despite High Court orders.
