Nadda blames the state government. favoring party over public welfare

Union Health Minister JP Nadda, Union Minister G. Kishan Reddy and BJP State President N. Ramchander Rao during a meeting of Forum for Nationalist Thinkers in Hyderabad on Thursday. | Photo credit: G RAMAKRISHNA

Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare, Chemicals and Fertilizers JP Nadda on Thursday alleged that the Congress government in Telangana is not working in the interest of the people and has reduced itself to an “ATM” for the party’s central leadership in Delhi.

In a program on Democracy-Diplomacy-Development organized by the Nationalist Thinkers Forum, Mr. Nadda took aim at Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy for repeatedly alleging that the Center did not provide adequate support to Telangana.

“Chief Minister Revanth Reddy’s math seems weak. He keeps saying that the Center has not given anything to Telangana. It has become a habit for the Congress. They cannot create anything on their own and yet they are not surviving on what others are providing. We are witnessing the same situation in Himachal Pradesh too,” he said.

The Union Minister alleged that the Chief Minister had publicly stated that the Congress high command would receive ₹1,000 crore every year. “It is public money meant for the welfare and development of Telangana and not to serve the political interests of the Congress leadership,” he charged.

Mr. Nadda claimed that the Center has provided substantial financial support to Telangana, including ₹2.74 crore as state share in taxes, ₹1.74 crore for national highways and ₹44,400 crore for power projects. Despite this, he alleged that the state government was diverting public funds for political purposes.

Referring to projects like Kaleshwaram and the two-bedroom housing scheme, he said Telangana has already witnessed the consequences of corruption and broken promises. “The Congress government must explain where people’s money is going and why public welfare is being sacrificed for political funding,” he said.

But Mr Nadda spent much of his speech praising Prime Minister Narendra Modi, crediting him with strengthening India internally while improving the country’s global standing. He said that Naxalism, once prevalent in 126 districts, was now confined to only two districts and described India as the world’s fastest growing major economy.

He also highlighted achievements such as infrastructure expansion, digital revolution, social programmes, anti-corruption measures and healthcare initiatives and urged intellectuals to support the Prime Minister’s vision to transform India into a “viksit bharat” by 2047.

Published – 9 Jul 2026 21:51 IST