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Transport Minister Ponnam Prabhakar alleged that Telangana has been subjected to terrible injustice successful the past 11 Union Budgets presented by the Centre, and the 8 BJP MPs from the State should guarantee that Telangana got its close this clip astatine least.
Addressing the media up of the Union Budget, the Minister said the State has consistently been denied its just stock of fiscal allocations. Since Telangana has elected 8 Members of Parliament, the Centre should, astatine the precise least, allocate higher funds to the State this time. He besides called upon BJP MPs from Telangana to enactment unit connected the Centre to unafraid capable allocations.
Mr. Prabhakar said the State authorities has already communicated its requirements and priorities to the Centre. He demanded peculiar allocations for cardinal infrastructure projects, including adust ports, temple tourism development, and airdrome expansion.
The Minister alleged that Prime Minister Narendra Modi had opposed the enactment of Telangana and accused the Centre of continuing discriminatory practices adjacent aft repeated meetings with elder Union leaders and submission of elaborate representations.
Referring to the timing of the Budget presentation, helium remarked that the Union Budget is being tabled connected a Pournami (full moon) time and said it remains to beryllium seen whether it would bring “light oregon darkness” to Telangana.
Expressing optimism, helium said the State hopes the upcoming fund volition beryllium favourable. However, helium warned that if Telangana is erstwhile again ignored, the work would remainder with the 8 BJP MPs elected from the State.
