TRS, Cong in war of words over public debt

The opposition Congress and ruling TRS were engaged in a war of words in the Telangana Assembly over public debt and other issues on Saturday.

Speaking during the debate on the budget for fiscal 2019-20, Congress Legislature Party (CLP) leader M Bhatti Vikramarka alleged Telangana, which was a formed as a surplus state (in 2014) has been made bankrupt during the TRS regime.

"I have no hesitation in saying that the state, which came into existence as a surplus state, has been turned into a bankrupt government in about six years. The budget has been presented accordingly," Vikramarka said.

Countering this, Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao asked where is the question of having a budget (as stated by Vikramarka) when the state itself did not exist.

The state is in a much better position compared to others, he added.

Rao on Monday last presented a trimmed Rs 1,46,492.30 crore budget for fiscal 2019-20, saying the state government had to revise the budgetary estimates due to .