Telangana, which was a revenue surplus state when it was for♔med in 2014 became a revenue deficit state and the "credit" goes to Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao, Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman alleged on Tuesday.
Addressing a gathering "Meet and Greet" organised for Malkajgiri BJP candidate N Ramchander Ra🌺o, she said the next two to three generations of Telangana will end up repa💜ying the debts.
The Finance Minister said Telangana is one of the states whic🙈h is opposing bringing liquor, petrol and diesel into the GST purview and opined that if they come under GST, the rates would be reasonable.
"The investm🌳ents are coming anyway into the state. The state which was revenue surplus (in 2014) is now transformed into a revenue deficit state. The credit goes to KCR. Today Telangana is debt ridden. In the next two to three generations, our ✃children will have to repay those debts," she said.
Hitting out at the Congress, she said, durin🐲g the UPA regime, our defence personnel were deprived of not only b🦩ullet-proof jackets, but also other safety equipment and no procurements were made during those 10 years.
On the purchase of Rafale figh🌺ter jets, she said it was a government to government agreement and, as p༺er the schedule, every aircraft had been delivered.
"So the de💦cisions were taken in the national interest. ⛦There were no kickbacks or there were no companies with which we had any dealings done," Sitharaman said.
Seeking votes for the BJP candidate, Sitharaman said Ramchand꧑er Rao is the party’s loyal leader and has a clean ♛image.
-With PTI Input
