Lotus will bloom in Telangana, says PM Modi

Prime Minister Narendra Modi today took Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao to task accusing him of corruption and dynastic politics.

Addressing a massive rally at Begumpet, PM Modi said the state needs needs a “people first, not family first” government.

Referring to the results of the recently held Munugode bypolls in which the BJP candidate got 86,000 votes in a close contest, PM Modi said that the “sun will rise in the state and lotus will bloom” in Telangana.

“The manner in which people of Munugode have shown their trust in BJP is unprecedented. I saw how BJP workers brought the entire Telangana govt to one Assembly seat. It shows that you have people’s blessings and your handwork is bearing fruits,” PM Modi said.

The Prime Minister also took a swipe at KCR’s “superstitious beliefs”, claiming all crucial decisions — including where to live, office location, who to pick as minister etc. — are taken on the basis of superstition. It is the biggest hindrance to social justice, he explained.

PM Modi, while alleging rampant corruption in the state, the Central government’s push to digital transactions and online payments have significantly reduced corruption as all transactions can be tracked.

“Through Tri-Shakti of Jan Dhan, Aadhaar and Mobile, we have been able to remove all fake beneficiaries. The poor are receiving money directly in their accounts. Earlier, the money and ration meant for the poor were looted through fraud,” he pointed out.

It is because of the ‘karyakartas’ of Bharatiya Janata Party that it has won more than 300 seats in the last Lok Sabha election, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Saturday while addressing a public rally in Begumpet region of Telangana.

He further said that the BJP has a very distinct connection with Telangana. “In 1984, when our party won only two seats in the Lok Sabha elections, one of them was the Hanamkonda seat from Telangana,” he said.

The Prime Minister slammed the ruling TRS saying that the “ones who prospered in the name of Telangana have pushed the state back”.

“Telangana’s Government and leaders always do injustice to the state’s capability and the talent of its people,” he said adding that the political party that the people of Telangana trusted the most, is the party that betrayed it.

He said that the people of the state and the country have kept a keen eye on the people who are trying to gang up and make a coalition of the corrupt.

He further said: “I have a personal request for the karyakartas of Telangana. Some people due to desperation, fear, and superstition will use the choicest of abuses for Modi.”

“I request you not to get astray with these tactics,” the Prime Minister added underscoring that such abuses work as nutrition for them and he remains unaffected by all the slang used against him.

“Abuse Modi, abuse BJP… but if you abuse the people of Telangana, then you would have to pay heavily for it,” he said mentioning that there are attempts being made deliberately to block the path of schemes launched by the Centre to reach the state.