Shabbir Ali asks KCR to disclose donors' names for Yagnam, publicity

Leader of Opposition in Telangana State Legislative Council Mohammed Ali Shabbir on Saturday asked Chief Minister K. Chandrashekar Rao to disclose the names of people who donated money for Ayutha Maha Chandi Yagnam and recent publicity drive for Telangana Rashtra Samithi.

Addressing a press conference at Gandhi Bhavan, Shabbir Ali said that the Chief Minister himself claimed that he was in receipt of nearly Rs. 7.5 crore donations for the Yagnam. He must reveal the entire list of donors. Further, Kcr should also reveal the list of people who provided funds for massive publicity campaign in Greater Hyderabad by engaging thousands of hoardings and flexis. "Kcr must clarify whether he accepted those donations in the capacity of Chief Minister or the TRS President. Who is donating so much of funds to Kcr and Why?" he asked while adding that TRS party's revenues have increased manifold compared to Telangana Government's revenues.

Shabbir Ali said Kcr should disclose the details before the GHMC elections. "He can also furnish those details before the Income Tax Department. We will get a copy by filing an RTI application," he said while demanding that the Chief Minister learn to act in a transparent manner. He alleged that the Chief Minister was hit with publicity-mania. "He wants his hoardings and pictures everywhere. Even public toilets were not spared," he said.

The Congress leader also slammed MIM president Asaduddin Owaisi and asked him to reveal the sources of income that enabled his party to take up publicity campaign. "MIM leaders collect donations to organise public meeting Jalsa-e-Rahmatul Lil Aalameen on the occasion of birth anniversary of Prophet Mohammed (PBUH) every year. They have no money to spend in the name of Prophet Mohammed (PBUH). But they have crores of rupees to spend on publicity campaigns. Asaduddin Owaisi must reveal how he organised funds to hire so many hoardings across the city," he demanded.

Kcr, Asaduddin Owaisi had hurt Muslim community

Shabbir Ali accused Kcr and Asaduddin Owaisi of hurting the sentiments of Muslims through one of their hoardings. Showing the pictures of a hoarding at Lakdi-ka-pul, he said that TRS and MIM hoardings have been installed in such a manner that Kcr's feet is on the head of Asaduddin Owaisi. "Through this hoarding, Kcr is apparently trying to convey that the entire Muslim community was beneath his feet. Asaduddin Owaisi has a beard and wears a topi. Therefore, this hoarding was installed only to hurt the community's sentiment. Both Kcr and Asaduddin Owaisi should apologise with the entire community for this act," he demanded.