Telangana Foundation Day event: Had Sardar Patel not acted, India’s map would not have been the same, says Shah

Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Thursday said that Telangana and its neighboring regions would not have been free from the tyrannical rule of the Nizams if it had not been for Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel. He said that when power changes in Telangana, BJP Celebrate Telangana Liberation Day and Hyderabad Liberation Day.

“If Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel had not taken that police action, perhaps India would have had a different map. The whole country is indebted to Sardar Patel for freeing us from the tyrannical rule of the Nizams. I regret to say that even today Telangana Liberation Day or Hyderabad Liberation Day is not celebrated. Anyway the system is about to change…we will definitely celebrate. We have no hesitation,” Shah said in the Ministry of Culture Events to celebrate Telangana Foundation Day,

Shah named several eminent people and freedom fighters of Telangana, Alluri Sitarama Raju, Ramji Gaur, Kumaram Bheem who, he said, stood against the Nizams for the liberation of Telangana. He also mentioned former PM Narasimha Rao along with Swami Ramananda Tirtha, Pandit Narendra, Suravaram Pratap Reddy, Kavi Dasharathy and Rangachari Govindbhai Shroff, who fought for the country’s independence and to free Telangana from slavery. Nizam.

With elections in Telangana due next year, Shah also attacked the KCR government in Telangana for spreading misinformation about the Centre’s alleged step-motherly behavior, and for not cooperating with the celebrations of the Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav. charged up.

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“A wrong information is being spread that injustice is being done to Telangana. Between 2014-15 and 2021-22, Narendra Modi The government has spent Rs 2.52 lakh crore for the development of Telangana. Are you [KCR] Had there been a positive response on some government schemes, this figure would have crossed Rs 3.5 lakh crore. But you did not cooperate,” Shah said.

Shah said the Modi government religiously follows the desired dynamics of Centre-state relations. “We never thought about which state we have our government in and which one does not. We have never done step-motherly treatment in the state. We have full respect for any CM who comes to Delhi. We believe that the nation can progress only when the states are developed.”

Culture Minister G Kishan Reddy, who hails from the region, also attacked KCR. “Eight Years, That” [KCR] Secretariat has not come. On the other hand, our PM has not taken a day off in the last eight years. There is no PM in the world who works 18 hours a day. You [KCR] Doesn’t even work 18 hours a month. You are accusing the PM for political purposes.

Congratulating the people of the state on its foundation day, Shah said the BJP always supported the idea of ​​a separate Telangana state but the Congress delayed it.