During her visit to the PDS shop, Sitharaman had also asked why is there no photograph of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Hyderabad: Moments after news spread that Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has reprimanded a district collector for being unable to provide her an answer, Telangana minister K T Rama Rao slammed the minister and said her act will “demoralise hardworking AIS officers”.
Sitharaman had sought to know from the collector what was the Centre and state’s share of rice supplied through fair price shops.
In a tweet on Friday, Rao said, “I am appalled by the unruly conduct of FM @nsitharaman today with District Magistrate/Collector of Kamareddy. These political histrionics on the street will only demoralise hardworking AIS officers. My compliments to @Collector_KMR Jitesh V Patil, IAS on his dignified conduct.”
In a separate tweet, Rao said shared a chart and showed the disparity between what Telangana contributed to the Centre and what it gets back. “Since our FM is going around lecturing on how “Modi Sarkar” is the Giver. Here are the facts & figures👇.For every Rupee that Telangana contributes to the Nation, we only get back 46 paisa! Madam, time to put up a banner: “Thanks to Telangana” in all BJP states’ at PDS shops.”
During her visit to the PDS shop, Sitharaman had also asked why is there no photograph of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Replying to that, Rao shared a video on Twitter which showed LPG gas cylinders carrying photographs of Modi and being mocked at for the high prices. Rao captioned the tweet, “You wanted pictures of Modi ji , Here you are @nsitharaman ji …”
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