Congress promises SC bench for Telangana, ITIR for Hyderabad in its Telangana-specific manifesto

IT minister D Sridhar Babu said that the effort of the Congress government was to set the state back on the rails.

Published May 03, 2024 | 5:02 PM ⚊ Updated May 03, 2024 | 5:02 PM

IT Minister Duddilla Sridhar Babu. (X)

The Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee (TPCC) released a state-specific manifesto for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections comprising 23 promises, including an Information Technology Investment Region (ITIR) in Hyderabad.

Other promises include setting up a Supreme Court bench, keeping all the assurances made for Telangana in the Andhra Pradesh State Reorganisation Act, 2014, and merger of the five villages in Telangana which went to Andhra Pradesh in Badrachalam and Khammam districts.

The manifesto was released by AICC Telangana in-charge Deepadas Munsi as Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy left for Raebareli along with party president Mallikarjun Kharge to be present when Rahul Gandhi files his nomination papers.

Explaining the features of the manifesto, IT minister D Sridhar Babu, chairman of the manifesto committee, said that the effort of the Congress government was to set the state back on the rails after the previous BRS government had played havoc with its finances.

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The promises

The ITIR announced for Telangana by the earlier UPA government was scrapped by the BJP dispensation which took over subsequently.

The party promised to implement the following promises made in the AP Reorganisation Act: a Railway coach factory in Kazipet, a steel factory in Bayyaram, an Indian Institue of Management (IIM) in Hyderabad, Rapid Rail system along the Hyderabad-Vijayawada National Highway and a mining university.

The party also promised to ensure the merging of five villages proposed to be merged in Telangana from Andhra Pradesh as they were coming in the way of the development of Ram Temple at Bhadrachalam. The villages are: Etapaka, Gundala, Purushottapatnam, Kannegudem and Pichukalapadu.

The other promises in the manifesto are:

- National status for Palamruru Rangareddy Lift Irrigation Scheme (PLIS)
- Niti Aayog’s regional office in Hyderabad
- Setting up of new airports
- New railway line between Ramagundam and Manauguru
- Four new Sainik schools
- Increase in the number of Kendriya Vidyalayas and doubling of the number of Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalayas
- Sports university
- Indian Insitute of Science Education and Research
- Indian Institue of Foreign Trade
- Indian Agricultural Research Institute (IARI)
- National Aviation University
- Central Medical Research Insitute under the ICMR
- Direct transfer of funds to sarpanches of villages from the Centre and the state, in accordance with the 73 and 74 amendments made to the Constitution
- To provide every household with equipment to tap solar energy.

It also promised to develop the following industrial corridors

Hyderabad-Bengaluru IT and Industrial Corridor
Hyderabad-Nagpur Industrial Corridor
Hyderabad- Warangal Industrial Corridor
Hyderabad-Nalgonda-Miryalaguda Industrial Corridor
Singarei Industrial Corridor

The grand old party also promised to find a suitable location for an International Cultural and Entertainment Hub, according national status for the biennial Sammka Saralamma Jatara at Medaram and finalising locations of dry ports.

(Edited by Muhammed Fazil)