CM KCR condemned allegations over SC sub plan funds

Hyderabad, Nov 18: The Telangana Chief Minister K. Chandrashekhar Rao has sent to all legislators(MLAs) a pen drive containing one lakh pages of details on the funds spent under SC Sub-Plan right from the village level under every scheme.

While speaking during the Question Hour in the Assembly on Friday, the CM dismissed charges that the government has diverted funds allocated under SC Sub Plan. He urged the legislators to go through the details and bring anomalies, if any, to his notice.

At the same time, he also suggested to the Speaker to earmark two days for a comprehensive discussion on the SC Development Fund where members could express their views in detail and the government would reply with the information sought.



He said Rs. 33,462 crore was spent from the Rs. 88,071 crore allocated under planned expenditure this year. At the same time under SC Sub Plan, the government spent Rs. 5,475.02 crore out of the Rs. 14,375.13 crore allocated in the budget. Similarly, about Rs. 3,359.37 crore was spent against Rs. 8,165.87 crore allocated under ST Sub Plan.

Earlier, Congress MLAs, J.Geeta, and Sampath Kumar alleged there was a huge diversion of funds, a charge that Mr. Rao rejected.

Mr. Sampath raised the issue of atrocities on Dalits, including Nerella incident, but his mike was cut, leading to protests and intervention by the Chief Minister.