Slamming the BRS for levelling "baseless allegations" against the Congress government, Telangana Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy on Wednesday said the opposition party even found fault with the state event hosted for football legend Lionel Messi. Speaking after inaugurating the state government's unique Telangana Public School (TPS) at Arutla village in Ranga Reddy district, he recalled Messi's visit to Hyderabad last year.
"I made children of SC, ST, minority social welfare residential schools play football with Messi in front of the world. Is it not a sweet memory of a lifetime for the SC, ST, BC children if they play football with Messi. While I am trying to promote sports, some are not able to digest that Revanth Reddy brought Messi to Hyderabad," he said.
Without naming BRS, the CM warned that those opposing Messi's visit would lose even their opposition status in the next assembly elections. While my government called tenders for ₹685 crores for the purchase of various items in social welfare schools, the BRS leaders made allegations of ₹3,000 crore corruption, he said.
"If they allege ₹3,000 crore corruption in ₹685 crore tender, I can only feel sorry for them," he said.
Highlighting the government's initiatives in the education sector, he said 8.50 per cent of the total budget, about ₹27,000 crore is allocated for education.
While there is a tendency among parents to avoid government schools, the Telangana Public School (TPS) at Arutla had to declare that admissions are full.
He said several top leaders, including former Prime Minister PV Narasimha Rao and former Union Minister S Jaipal Reddy, had studied in government schools, which shows that studying in state-run schools is not a matter of shame.
The Telangana Public Schools are aimed at providing quality education and sports facilities to poor sections of society from Nursery to 12th Standard, he said.
The Chief Minister further said the state government is setting up Young India Integrated Residential Schools, where students belonging to all sections of society study under one roof. This will help in eliminating caste differences.
The government is also establishing Young India Skills University and Young India Sports University. The TPS at Arutla, equipped with state-of-the-art facilities, was set up as part of the educational reforms initiated by the Congress government. Boasting facilities that would rival corporate educational institutions, the TPS is the chief minister’s "dream project".
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