Telangana: On Tuesday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi accused the Congress government in Telangana of collecting ‘RR tax’ from businesses and contractors and sending a portion of this black money to Delhi.
Addressing a public meeting in the Zaheerabad Lok Sabha constituency, PM Modi, without naming anyone, urged Telangana residents to vote for BJP candidates to put an end to the ‘RR tax’. He further warned that if the ‘RR tax’ goes unchecked, it will damage Telangana to the point where it will be unable to rise again.
Telangana Chief Minister Revanth Reddy’s name is abbreviated as RR.
“Earlier, the TRS/BRS destroyed Telangana and now RR tax is destroying it,” he told reporters.
The Prime Minister stated that the Telugu film industry produced many successful films, saying, “RRR was a very smash film. Now, the Telangana Congress has imposed an RR tax. While ‘RRR’ brought honour to the country, the RR tax brings humiliation. “Telangana’s industrialists and contractors are being told to pay a percentage of their earnings as RR tax through the backdoor. There are allegations that a portion of this dirty money is being routed to Delhi.
He also claimed that Congress has found a new way to plunder people by proposing an inheritance tax, adding that under the proposed arrangement, 55% of people’s life savings will be confiscated as inheritance tax.
The Prime Minister also referred to the Congress and the BRS as members of the ‘corruption racket’. When the BRS engaged in corruption and committed the largest swindle in Kaleshwaram, the Congress, which was in opposition, promised to launch an investigation. However, after becoming power, it simply sat on those data, according to PM Modi.
He further alleged that when the BRS was in power, there was no progress in the cash-for-vote investigation.
The Prime Minister claimed that the BRS leaders were found involved in the liquor scam carried out by a party in Delhi, as he pointed out that the Congress has an alliance with the same party in the national capital. “When a probe was conducted, the members of the corruption racket came out in support of each other,” he said.
Claiming that the BJP gives priority to farmers’ welfare, he accused the Congress of betraying the farmers.“The Congress had promised that within 100 days, it will waive farmers’ loans, but it has still not fulfilled its promise. It had also promised Rs 500 per quintal bonus on paddy, but now it is not ready to open its mouth on this promise,” he said.
The Prime Minister also said the country has seen that when a government is strong and decisive, it can script history with its work, as he cited the construction of the Ram Temple in Ayodhya as an example.
Stating that the temple should have been constructed immediately after independence, the Prime Minister said the temple was not built by Modi, but it became possible with the votes given by the people.
Union Minister and Telangana BJP President G. Kishan Reddy, BJP MP G. Laxman, party candidate from Zaheerabad B.B. Patil, and BJP nominee from Medak Raghunandan Rao were present at the election rally.
