MIM Floor Leader Akbaruddin Owaisi On Demands in Andhra Pradesh State Assembly

MIM Floor Leader Akbaruddin Owaisi Coming Out of AP Assembly Hall alomg with Opposition Members in Hyderabad.

MIM Floor Leader Akbaruddin Owaisi On Demands in Andhra Pradesh State Assembly

Hyderabad March 5 : The Minister for Minority welfare and Minority Finance Corporation would evolve a pucca system for distribution of scholarships and reimbursement of fees to minority students, said the Minister for Finance and legislative affairs K Rosaiah. Responding to the Majlis e Ittehadul Muslimeen (MIM) demand over the specific time period towards the constitution of regional development board, Minister said that the government was seriously committed for Constituting regional development boards in the beginning of 2007-08.
Replying on the issues raised by the Majlis e Ittehadul Muslimeen (MIM) Floor Leader Akbaruddin Owaisi on the budget clarifications, Minister K Rosaiah stated that the scholarships for minority is being distributed through minority finance corporation and if requested minority finance corporation and minority welfare would look into the matter for evolving pacca system for distribution of scholarships.

He asserted that the government would establish all the minority hostels in this year that's 2007-08. Minister added that under the old city package developmental works would be taken up gradually under different heads of departments by various departments and there's no specific agency kept taking up the works. He added that department would examine and take up the developmental works gradually. Minister said that government has provided 1.5 lakhs under the Aroggya Sree Health Insurance scheme and the limits goes to 2 lakhs. He added that the government would take all the issues raised by MIM positively.
Seeking clarifications on the budget reply by Minister K Rosaiah, MIM Floor Leader Akbaruddin Owaisi wanted the Government to increase the allocation of budget for minorities for Rs 500 crores towards eliminating the socio economic backwardness of minorities in the backdrop of Sachar committee report.

Who would distribute the scholarships to minority which is that nodal agency for distribution of scholarship and reimbursement of fees and the agency should be given sufficient staff required for disbursement of scholarships to minority students, he asked. He demanded the Minister for Finance to give specific time frame for establishing 12 Minority hostels sanctioned last year along with 36 hostels announced this year.

Akbaruddin Owaisi demanded the Government to consider the waiver of electricity arrears of power consumers of old city along with withdrawing of more than 1000 cases against the people in old city booked by Discom in last few years. He demanded the government to allocate 30 percent of Sarva Siksha Abhiyan (SSA) funds for Urdu schools in all 15 districts where Urdu has been declared second official language.

He also demanded the government to extend the Jawahar Knowledge Centers (JKC) in the entire minority run professional colleges for having gainful employment to the students studying there. Akbaruddin Owaisi asked the minister for Finance to list out the details of works being taken under the old city development package under various heads in next year. Chief Minister Dr Y S Rajashekar Reddy was kind enough with old city by announcing special package of Rs 2025 crores. He demanded the government to give the task of old city development works under the Quli Qutub Shah Urban Development Authority (QQUSDA) by strengthening and providing adequate staff.

The state government proposing to generate revenue of Rs 8700 crores through land auction, he said and demand demanded the government to spell out which were land identified for auction and the price at which it would be auctioned. Minister for Finance said that the government would generate Rs 5000 crores through the sale of IMG lands.

He also wanted the government to know what steps being taken to check the growing price rise on essential Commodities. Owaisi asked the government to constitute a committee to check and tackle the abnormal price rise on essential commodities.

Owaisi expressed concern over the increase of public dept, asked how the Government would repay. He said that the public debt would reach 86,464 crores by March 2008 against 77,952 crores last year, an increase of 8,152 crores. He added that the state outstanding would cross one lakh crore by 2008-09. Responding on this minister said that the government was limiting its debts within 3 percent according FRBM act and would be repaid with the growing resources.

Owaisi demanded for taking up the Krishna phase III for meeting the growing needs of twin cities and stated that presently Hyderabad was supplying 230 crores MGD against the need of 480 MGD. Chief Minister Dr Y S Rajashekar Reddy promise of providing 24 hours water supply require 500MGD of water and the 3rd phase is essential to meet the needs of the growing drinking water demand. Along with that Fab city requires 25 MGD of water.
Referring to Land distribution taken by the government, he said that the Minorities were not getting their due share in land distribution taken by the government during the last three years.

Owaisi furnished the figures, early the Minister for Finance gave the land distribution figures of SC, ST and BC but not the Minorities. Disclosing the figures in the assembly, He said that under the first phase of land distribution Minority beneficiaries were only 1,568 which was gone down to 1.053 in second phase but in the third phase Minorities were totally neglected only 98 beneficiaries were given lands. The government distributed 4.33 lakh acres of land in which only 2819 were minority beneficiaries.

The same was the situation of Minorities in housing, He said that Schedule caste were given 38 percent while Schedule tribes 12 percent, Backward class 28 percent while 6 percent were given to Minorities, he added. He demanded the government should implement the GOs by providing 10 to 20 percent housing to Minorities.

On the speaker K R Suresh Reddy demand to complete the clarifications, Akbaruddin Owaisi said that the assembly was discussing the issues between Congress and TDP members and one question is discussed for more than five hours while the other parties in the assembly are ignored. He suggested the speaker to send the other parties or both the congress and TDP to old assembly building. Here we are not getting the opportunity to speak while one Urdu news paper is writing stories that MIM quit the discussion on Krishna 3rd phase, when the issue of Krishna 3rd phase was concerned it was the MIM that has given adjournment motion notice. They are playing like jokers writing stories as they like, he remarked. Reacting on this speaker K R Suresh Reddy said that the "house functions with certain rules and regulation". "Akbar don't inspire with such news articles". Owaisi said that already I have given two privilege motion notices but no action has been initiated on the notices, why action was not initiated he questioned. They are white collar criminals; one editor son was involved in rape case and sold the girl to the brothel house.

Owaisi asked when the government would repeal the Urban Land Ceiling Act in concurrence with the Central Government. Talking about the Argogya sree health insurance, how government has reduced the insurance scheme amount from 2 lakhs to 1.5 lakhs early the Chief Minister Dr Y S Rajashekar Reddy said that insurance amount would be 2 lakhs while the Minister K Rosaiah claiming 1.5 lakhs. He also wanted to know the budgetary allocations of MCH, HUDA and JNNURM.

He asked the minister for Finance K Rosaiah to give an assurance to the house that the government would spend the outlay of 2006-07 budgets before the financial year as it was noticed that there was shortfall of 4560 crores last year against the budget outlay.