- June 23, 2023
BRS Working President KTR in Delhi: Meets Rajnath Singh, to Hold Discussion With Amit Shah – News18
According to his office, KTR is on a two-day tour to put pressure on the central government regarding unresolved issues in Telangana. (File Image/ News18)
KTR is also likely to meet Civil Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia or VK Singh and Union Minister Hardeep Singh Puri. At a time when the BRS is being accused of being a B-team of the Bharatiya Janata Party, these meetings assume significance
In a step that has raised eyebrows in political circles, Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) working president K Taraka Rama Rao is meeting several Union ministers in Delhi, including Amit Shah and Rajnath Singh.
According to his office, he is on a two-day tour to put pressure on the central government regarding unresolved issues in Telangana. At a time when the BRS is being accused of being a B-team of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), these meetings assume significance.
KTR had alleged repeatedly in the past that the Centre had ignored Telangana in the past nine years. In this visit, he intends to persuade the central ministers to provide support to various projects in his state. He met Defence Minister Rajnath Singh regarding construction of skywalks in the Secunderabad cantonment area, an issue that has created friction between the two parties. It is a project initiated under the Strategic Road Development Plan. The minister had earlier said that though the Telangana government is dedicated to developing infrastructure, lack of cooperation from the Centre had put a spanner in various projects. He alleged that the construction of skywalks had been pending for nine years due to non-allocation of defence land.
Additionally, the road development programs in Rasoolpura requires land under the Home Department. KTR may discuss the necessary steps for this with Union Home Minister Amit Shah.
Furthermore, there is a possibility of a meeting with either Civil Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia or VK Singh from the Central Government to discuss issues related to Mamnoor Airport in Warangal. It’s an airport from the Nizam-era and the state plans to revive it by acquiring 400 acres of land. The present runway of 1.8 km needs to be expanded to 3.9km for large aircraft to land. The government has been on it since 2018 and there were several meetings between state and Central authorities regarding this.
Minister KTR will also meet Union Minister Hardeep Singh Puri to address various issues related to the Urban Development Department. Despite multiple appeals to the Centre for expansion of the existing metro in Hyderabad, there has been no response.
