K T Rama Rao seek apology from Bharatiya Janata Party
The war of words between the ruling TRS and opposition BJP over the Information Technology Investment Region (ITIR) intensified with state IT minister K. T. Rama Rao on Wednesday demanding an apology from the saffron party for shelving the project. Rama Rao, who is also working president of Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS), hit back at state BJP president Bandi Sanjay Kumar a day after the latter shot off an open letter to Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao alleging that the TRS government advertently failed to implement the ITIR project. Rama Rao slammed Bandi Sanjay for what he called his 'ignorance' and pointed out that Union IT and Electronics Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad made a clear statement in the Parliament that the ITIR scheme has been shelved in the country. KTR, as the IT minister is popularly known, alleged that the the BJP leadership was adopting double standards on the issue. He wondered how BJP can blame TRS for shelving the scheme. He pointed out that the Centre did not sanction the ITIR to Bengaluru despite being in power in Karnataka. (IANS)