Telangana chief minister will be from backward classes if BJP wins, says Amit Shah
The next chief minister of Telangana will be from the backward classes if the Bharatiya Janata Party comes to power in the Assembly elections, Union Home Minister Amit Shah declared on Friday, reported PTI.
Telangana will go to polls on November 30. The counting of votes will take place on December 3.
Addressing an election rally in Suryapet, Shah recalled that Bharat Rashtra Samithi supremo K Chandrashekar Rao had promised to make a Dalit person the state’s chief minister in 2014, reported the Hindustan Times
“He conveniently ignored his promise,” he said. “He is now trying to project his son KT Rama Rao as his successor.”
The BJP leader accused the ruling Bharat Rashtra Samithi, along with the Congress party, of being “anti-poor and anti-Dalit”.
He added, “While BJP’s aim is the welfare of the poor, the aim of Congress and BRS is the welfare of their respective families.”
Shah then asked Rao a series of questions about the promises he had made earlier. He asked if the chief minister had allocated the promised budget of Rs 50,000 crore for the welfare of the Scheduled Caste community.
He also stated that Rao had promised to spend Rs 10,000 crore every year for the welfare of the backward classes. “What happened to the promise?” he asked.
The home minister...