India needs \'double impact sarkar\': KTR

Hyderabad: Making a strong pitch for bringing a 'double impact sarkar' at the Centre after the 2024 Lok Sabha polls, IT minister K.T. Rama Rao said, "What India needs today is not 'double engine sarkar' but 'double impact sarkar' led by a visionary leader like K. Chandrashekar Rao. The nation is looking towards the Telangana model of welfare and development and the people are looking up to Chandrashekar Rao for his leadership qualities.” Replying to the debate on motion of thanks to the Governor's address in Legislative Assembly on Saturday, Rama Rao accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of imposing 'economic sanctions' on Telangana as if the state was an enemy country. Claiming that no other leader had strived for development of the agriculture sector since independence as was done by Chandrashekar Rao, he cited Rythu Bandhu, Rythu Bima, 24-hour free power supply and provision of sufficient water for the farming community with the construction of projects such as world's largest lift irrigation scheme Kaleshwaram. Expressing pride over Telangana emerging as one among the major contributors to India's economy within a short span, Rama Rao said, "Telangana contributed Rs 4.21 lakh crore to the Centre in the form of various taxes.