Intellectuals urge politicians to be people and farmer-friendly
Deccan ChronicleHYDERABAD: Expressing that creation of Telangana did not fulfill the wishes of people as regards getting benefits, achievers from diverse fields on Sunday opined that there was a need to incorporate new issues in the political manifesto, especially those revolving around farmers, students, women, unemployed youth and the common man. This was the outcome of a round table meeting themed ‘Future Telangana Vedika’ of intellectuals and professionals organised by senior BJP leader Etala Rajendar at Jala Vihar here on Sunday. "Even after nine years, farmers are still facing a lot of issues in getting passbooks on their names, ostensibly because of technical glitches in Dharani portal," Sunil Kumar said. Dr. Anil Kumar said that the government is only concentrating on increasing medical colleges and seats rather than providing facilities in the existing medical colleges. The BJP election management committee chairman alleged that by allowing private universities in the state, the state government has ruined even the existing government-run universities.