PM’s remarks on Telangana split, COVID spark Opposition ire
The Hindu
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s remarks during his reply to the debate on the Motion of Thanks for the President’s Address to Parliament drew sharp reactions from the main political parties in Telangana and Maharashtra on Tuesday.
In Telangana, the ruling Telangana Rashtra Samiti (TRS) and the Congress took strong objection to Mr. Modi’s remarks on bifurcation of erstwhile united Andhra Pradesh, demanding an unconditional apology.
State Finance and Health Minister T. Harish Rao criticised the Prime Minister for “spewing venom” against Telangana and hurting the sentiments of the people, saying that the Centre had denied the State its due. The Centre was insisting on electricity meters for agricultural connections to release the grants, but the State government turned it down, he said. “Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao is against the installation of meters to farm connections and committed to continuing free power to ryots,” he said.
Nearly 50% of Dakshina Kannada’s shoreline has been eroded, the highest among the three coastal districts of Karnataka, according to a study for the period 1990-2018 by the National Centre for Coastal Research (NCCR).
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