Kavitha slams Centre, says "we don't need sleeping chowkidars"

TRS MLC and KCR daughter Kavitha on Thursday said the BJP which claimed to be 'chowkidars' were "sleeping" when corporate loan defaulters of banks were looting public money. "We do not need 'sleeping chowkidars'. We need 'jimmedar netas' (leaders who are responsible) to make sure that the wealth of this country stays in this country," she said.

Hyderabad: Alleging that the NDA government is anti-farmer and pro-corporate, TRS MLC and KCR daughter Kavitha on Thursday said the BJP which claimed to be 'chowkidars' were "sleeping" when corporate loan defaulters of banks were looting public money. Citing a recent reply in Rajya Sabha, she claimed that "Rs 19,40,000 crore of loans of corporates in the country have been waived off."

"My sincere request to the people of this country. We should now realise that the people, the party, the government which claims that they will be 'chowkidars' in this country were sleeping while the corporates were looting this country and going away. We do not need 'sleeping chowkidars'. We need 'jimmedar netas' (leaders who are responsible) to make sure that the wealth of this country stays in this country," she told reporters in Nizamabad.

If the NDA government is sincere, it should get all these 'looteras' (looters) back into the country, she said. She further said burdening the farmers, the poor people and imposing taxes on essential items like milk and curd is not the way to lead the country.

Taking exception to the Centre allegedly issuing a notice to the Telangana government with regard to MNREGA works, Kavitha said the TRS would hold a 'maha dharna' in the State on Friday against the Centre. The TRS is in favour of integration of agriculture with MNREGA, she said. Her comments came in the backdrop of the Parliament informed on December 20 that banks have written off Rs 11.17 lakh crore bad loans from their books in the last six years till financial year 2021-22.