Minister for IT, Industries and Urban Development K.T. Rama Rao has dared the Opposition — Congress and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) — to prove a State under their rule as better performing than Telangana and if they could, he would quit as Minister the next morning itself.
Replying to the debate on “measures taken by the government for providing infrastructure facilities and Palle Pragathi-Pattana Pragathi in the State” in the Assembly on Saturday, the Minister faulted M.Bhatti Vikramarka of Congress and M. Raghunandan Rao of BJP for making sweeping remarks on several issues “based on information they have or based on newspaper reports without ascertaining facts”.
Rebutting the criticism of Mr.Vikramarka on rural and urban development, Mr.Rama Rao said the Telangana model of development was holistic, integrated and inclusive and the average capital expenditure in Telangana was 25% during the past nine years, while it was 16% in Rajasthan and 15% in Chhattisgarh.
