The Congress MPs from the State made a strong pitch for the fulfilment of promises made to Telangana at the time of bifurcation of the erstwhile united State.
Participating in a debate on the AP Reorganisation Act (Amendment) Bill 2014 in Lok Sabha on Wednesday, the State MPs questioned the rationale of the BJP-led Central Government for not implementing the assurances given to Telangana, even 12 years after its formation.
Lamenting that several of the assurances remained on paper till date, they demanded that the Government fulfil assurance, including setting up of educational institutions such as NIT, IIM, IISER and Central University, besides taking steps to upgrade the existing institutions to the national level.
Khammam MP R. Raghuram Reddy requested the Centre to take steps to expand the IT corridor in Telangana as Hyderabad had already turned into a hub of IT activities. The Centre should keep its promise relating to financial assistance assured to backward districts like Khammam and Mahabubnagar under Section 94 (2) of the Reorganisation Act by implementing a special package to the backward districts.
He questioned about the Centre’s commitment to set up an integrated steel factory in Bayyaram of Khammam district recalling that the Union Government was yet to fulfil the assurance given at the time of bifurcation.
