Former Minister & ex-Leader of Opposition in Legislative Council Mohammed Ali Shabbir on Saturday accused the BRS and BJP of enacting well-scripted drama to divert attention from improper implementation of the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) in Telangana State.
Shabbir Ali was addressing a meeting after unveiling the statue of former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi in Anthampally village in Bhiknoor Mandal of Kamareddy constituency. A huge bike rally was also organised on the occasion.
Shabbir Ali said that the both BRS Govt in Telangana and BJP Govt at the Centre were not implementing the NREGS in Telangana in a proper manner. He said that the ongoing tussle between the BRS and BJP Govts over the alleged diversion of Rs. 151.9 crores of MGNREGS funds were deliberately created to divert people’s attention.
He pointed out that the BJP Govt has reduced the man-days from 16 crores in the last financial year to 10 crores this fiscal. Chief Minister K. Chandrashekhar Rao did not complain or hold a protest against the BJP Govt for reducing 6 crore man-days. Consequently, nearly 55.52 lakh job cardholders in Telangana were not getting adequate work and lost their source of livelihood. To divert their attention, now the BRS leaders are enacting the dramas of protest against the Modi Govt, he alleged.
The Congress leader said that both BRS and BJP Govts were not sincere towards the implementation of NREGS and both were exploring different excuses to reduce the man-days. He demanded that the BRS and BJP Govts stop the ongoing blame game and take measures to increase the man-days to 150 days per person.
