Hyderabad: Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao vowed to turn the newly-created Telangana into a golden state by implementing more welfare and development schemes in four years. Addressing the plenary of Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) recently, he said the welfare of all weaker sections, who constitute an overwhelming majority of the state, was the objective of his government.
Rao reiterated that TRS will not seek votes in the next elections if it failed it supply drinking water to every house. He also promised to complete all pending irrigation projects in four years. He assured the working class that the government would stand by them and also promised all help to farmers, whose crops were damaged due to unseasonal rains.
At the plenary, the first after TRS came to power in the newly created state in June last year, Rao highlighted the achievements of his government, especially its success in overcoming electricity shortage, ongoing programmes like Mission Kakatiya to revive lakes, Water Grid to supply water to every household, social security pensions for different sections of people and waiver of farm loans.
Rao, who was re-elected unopposed as TRS chief for the eighth consecutive term, said Telangana state became a reality because of the efforts and sacrifices made by the party workers.
He said the workers suffered humiliation and the blows of police 'lathis' during the movement for separate state. Rao, who floated TRS in 2001 to intensify the Telangana movement, addressed over 35,000 delegates who had come from 10 districts of the state. This was the biggest gathering of the party since it formed first government in the new state.
