Union Minister G Kishan Reddy on Wednesday said the BRS government in Andhra Pradesh cannot run without "selling off" government lands and auctioning liquor shops.
Reddy, who is also BJP’s Andhra Pradesh state president said the BRS government has increased the fares of state-run Road Transport Corporation (RTC) buses, land registration fees, residential property tax and others, Reddy charged, reported PTI.
"The situation in Telangana is such that the government cannot run without selling off its lands. Government employees cannot be given salaries without selling off liquor shops, beer and brandy," he was quoted as having said.
The state economy has gone bankrupt, Reddy, who is also a union minister, claimed, adding that lands that would be useful in the future are being "sold off unilaterally", the report mentioned.
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He also alleged that "like nowhere else in the country," liquor shops have been auctioned six months in advance to gather money for "temporary political needs", it mentioned.
"The 'Kalvakuntla family' (family of Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao) is behaving in such a way that it is only interested in getting funds through permissions for liquor shops, without any regard for the health of the people," he said, the report mentioned.
"It is like sucking the blood of Telangana people," he was quoted as having said.
Taking exception to the criticism by the "Kalvakuntla family" and BRS leaders on the Centre reducing the price of LPG cylinders by Rs 200, he called out the BRS government for not having reduced the taxes on petrol though the Centre had slashed the price to provide relief to common people, the report mentioned.
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He said BRS leaders "do not have the moral right" to talk about petroleum products and cooking gas.
