Etala Rajender dubs Amit Shah comments on TS lies

Telangana Finance Minister Etala Rajender on Saturday lashed out at the BJP national president Amit Shah’s comments against the TRS government at Suryapet public meeting in Nalgonda district on Friday evening. Speaking to the media at the TRS Legislature Party office, Rajender brushed aside the comments of Shah as “mere lies”. He said the Narendra Modi government at the Centre did nothing for Telangana and did not give funds it should have got. The Finance Minister expressed surprise over Shah’s criticism of the Telangana government when Prime Minister Modi and many other States appreciated various welfare schemes being implemented by the TRS government. This kind of criticism could be attributed to the deliberate attempts to malign and double standards of Amit Shah, he said. He described the comments as “immature and purely political”, which the people and the government were not ready to accept. The Modi government gave Telangana only Rs 36,000 crore so far, he pointed out. Rajender also threw a challenge to prove under what heads the Centre gave funds to Telangana. During 2014-15, the Centre gave us Rs 15,306 crore, he added. Rajender stated that the States would not beg of the Centre for funds and instead made payments of thousands of crores through various taxes. After two-year rule, the BJP Government should make a reality check if it still got people's support, he said, adding the Telangana people are with KCR and his government.