Telangana polls: Shah attacks rivals, vows to end Muslim reservation

With 10 days to go for the Telangana Assembly elections, the political campaign has intensified in the state as Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Monday attacked the Congress, BRS and AIMIM for encouraging dynasty politics.

Addressing an election rally in Telangana’s Jagital, Amit Shah said that the four percent reservation against Muslims will be abolished.

“We will abolish four percent reservation for Muslims and give it to SCs, OBCs and STs,” Amit Shah said during his campaign at Telangana’s Jagtial on Monday.

Shah also announced reservations for Madiga community in Telangana under the SC category. “We have decided that Madiga community will be given vertical quota in reservation under SC category,” he said.

Shah charged that Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao, popularly known as KCR, is not celebrating Hyderabad Liberation Day out of fear of All India Majlis-E-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) chief Asaduddin Owaisi.

Speaking about the newly constituted Turmeric Board, the Union Minister said, “The Prime Minister announced the Turmeric Board from here. Now turmeric farmers will get the right price for their products but we will also form the Rs 200 crore center for research on its products. medical value.

Amit Shah also held a roadshow in Rangareddy district.

“KCR did not form the Turmeric Board despite remaining in power for many years. The state could have formed this too,” he added.

Shah also announced revival of three sugar mills, maize processing and setting up of ethanol blending plants in the state, a 500-bed hospital for beedi workers in Nizamabad and an NRI ministry for NRIs in Telangana.

Amit Shah further slammed the Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS), the AIMIM and the Congress for ‘dynastic politics’ and called them 2G, 3G and 4G parties respectively.

“BRS, Majlis and Congress are 2G, 3G and 4G parties. 2G means KCR and KTR. 3G means Owaisi’s grandfather, his father and Owaisi. 4G means Jawaharlal Nehru, Indira Gandhi, Rajiv Gandhi and Rahul. Where is your place in it? said Amit Shah.

Hailing Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s achievements in the Central government, Shah said, “Prime Minister Modi has taken India’s tiranga on board the Chandrayaan and taken it to the moon. Modi built the new parliament. Modi hosted the G20 summit and elevated India’s status around the world. Modi has taken India’s economic size from 11th to fifth.”

Amit Shah also promised free travel to Ayodhya once the BJP comes to power in the state. “You are all invited for darshan on Ram Lalla in Ayodhya. We will take turns paying for your travel if you vote the BJP to power.” he said adding that both Congress and BRS have opposed the Ram temple in Ayodhya.

Explaining the nomenclature further at another meeting, Shah said 2G means two generations, i.e. KCR and his son KT Rama Rao.

“While 3G means three generations, the party of Asaduddin Owaisi, and 4G the Congress Party with four generations, namely Jawaharlal Nehru, Indira Gandhi, Rajiv Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi.” KCR, Owaisi’s party (AIMIM) and Congress are dynastic parties. These three parties are 2G, 3G and 4G,” said Shah.

“2G means two-generation KCR and KTR. 3G means three-generation KCR, which is Owaisi’s party and 4G is Congress party, i.e. Jawaharlal Nehru, Indira Gandhi, Rajiv Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi,” Shah said. “KCR has promised a polytechnic in Jangaon, which has not been fulfilled and his MLAs are engaged in land grabbing,” Shah added.

Shah further said, “The country’s first Home Minister made Telangana free of Razakars and Nizam, but KCR refused to celebrate ‘Telangana Vimochana Dinam’ (Telangana Liberation Day) fearing Owaisi.

Meanwhile, BSP candidate Pushpithalaya, who belongs to the transgender community and is contesting from Warangal East constituency in Telangana, campaigned on Monday and sought people’s support for the November 30 Assembly elections.

Pushpithalaya also thanked party leader Mayawati for participating in the polls. “The BSP gave me the MLA ticket. Our community is happy, and I am very happy. The transgender community is also working with BSP,” she said.

Asaduddin Owaisi, the chief of India’s Majlis-E-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM), took part in door-to-door election campaigning in Nampally Assembly constituency in Hyderabad, days ahead of the Telangana Assembly elections.

Asaduddin Owaisi met locals in Nampally Assembly constituency and appealed to people to vote for the party.

Launching a no-holds-bar attack on the Congress and the BJP, Owaisi said both parties are built on the politics of hate. The AIMIM Supremo also alleged that the Telangana Congressman was working on the orders of the RSS (Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh) and alleged that it was the ideological parent organization of the BJP.

Speaking to the media, Owaisi said, “Congress parliamentarians in Telangana are from the RSS, whose remote control lies with Mohan Bhagwat. The BJP has been in power for the past nine and a half years. They have weakened the economy and destroyed small businesses. , and failed to create jobs”. Owaisi further said that it will not let the RSS enter the state of Telangana.

It is our hard work of 65 years that is reflected here. Neither the Congress nor the BJP will benefit from this. Both Congress and BJP politics are built on hatred,” he added. Speaking further about the Uniform Civil Code promised by the BJP in its election manifesto for Telangana, Owaisi said, “UCC is not required in this country; What is desperately needed is freedom of speech and expression where people will not be targeted for wearing the clothes they wear because of the religion they belong to,” AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi said.

Meanwhile, Congress chief Revanth Reddy said Owaisi is just cutting Congress votes to make the fight easy for the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). Asaduddin Owaisi is known for canceling votes. The whole country knows this. He takes bribes. of the BJP.

Earlier, Asaduddin Owaisi slammed Telangana Congress chief Revanth Reddy, calling him a “puppet of the RSS”.

Telangana will contest assembly elections on November 30 and counting of votes, along with that of four other election-bound states, is scheduled for December 3.

In the previous assembly elections in 2018, the ruling Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS), formerly known as Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS), won 88 of the 119 seats, securing 47.4 percent of the total vote share. The Congress came a distant second with just 19 seats.