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Congress condemns Centre's policy of neglect, discrimination towards Telangana gg Hyderabad, July 6: Former Leader of Opposition in Legislative Council and Congress senior leader Mohammed Ali Shabbir has strongly condemned the BJP Government at the Centre for not allocating adequate funds for Telangana State in the Union Budget. Shabbir Ali, in a media statement on Saturday, alleged that the BJP Government has adopted a policy of neglect and discrimination towards Telangana State. "There is nothing in the union budget that connects Telangana with the biggest fiscal activity of Central Government. No funds have been allocated for any project or scheme being implemented by the State Government although it was claimed that NITI Aayog had recommended funds for Kaleshwaram Project and Mission Bhagiratha. "Telangana's share in total transfers to the States by the Centre is too meagre. It will only get Rs. 19,179 Crore in 2019-20 as compared to the revise...

TRS Govt shutting down over 1K primary schools every year: Congress Hyderabad, July 12: The Congress party on Friday accused the TRS Government of shutting down more than 1,000 primary schools in Telangana every year ever since it came to power. Addressing a press conference at Gandhi Bhavan, Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee (TPCC) Official Spokesperson Syed Nizamuddin alleged that the TRS Government has completely ruined the public education system, especially primary schools. He said that Chief Minister K. Chandrashekhar Rao was giving lot of hype to a few hundred residential schools, but hiding the fact that his government was shutting down thousands of primary schools on one pretext or the other. "There were 28,822 government schools in 2013-2014 at the time of Telangana formation. They got reduced to 26,040 in 2018-19. It is now planning to shut down 4,000 more schools. Can TRS Govt justify the permanent closure of these schools?" he asked. Citing the l...