Hyderabad: Describing the Dalit Bandhu scheme as a movement aimed at empowering the downtrodden belonging to the Scheduled Castes, Chief Minister K. Chandrashekar Rao on Sunday appealed to people of Telangana not to be jealous (of the beneficiaries) and stand united.
Speaking after unfurling the National flag at Golconda Fort on the 75th Independence Day, the Chief Minister declared Telangana as the ‘new rice bowl of the nation’ with record agricultural output this year. Once a synonym of drought and distress, Telangana registered the highest agricultural produce of 3.4 crore tonnes, the highest in the country. The state which stood second in procurement last year was leading the table this year, he added.
The Chief Minister, while listing out the state’s progress on agriculture, IT, energy and industrial sectors, patted himself, though indirectly, stating that “the unprecedented development is a consequence of continual intellectual acumen and effective…