Hyderabad parliamentarian Asaduddin Owaisi on Tuesday claimed that each year minorities have been given benefits to the tune of up to ₹6,000 crore in Telangana, and criticised the Congress party’s promise of a minorities’ welfare budget of ₹4,000 crore.
The All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen president was addressing a public meeting in Vikarabad where he listed the spending on minorities in that district. “Each year, if you see, Maamu [Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao] is spending at least ₹ 5,000 crore to ₹ 6,000 crore. Add Rythu Bandhu, Rythu Beema, Arogyasree, and KCR kits. And then Congress speaks of [an annual budget of] ₹4,000 crore,” Mr Owaisi said, adding that after the elections, his party would meet the Chief Minister and seek an increase of up to ₹ 10,000 crore. “Inshallah, we will get this done.”
Mr Owaisi demanded that the government increase the Telangana Minorities Residential Educational Institutions Society junior colleges from around 200 to 300. He also sought 500 Urdu medium schools.
