“Appalled” By Nirmala Sitharaman’s “Unruly Conduct,” Telangana Minister KT Rama Rao

KT Rama Rao, in a tweet on Friday night, said, “I am appalled by the unruly conduct of FM @nsitharaman today with District Magistrate/Collector of Kamareddy”.

Telangana Minister KT Rama Rao expressed her total disbelief after learning that Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman had reprimanded a district collector for not being able to tell her how much of the rice sold through fair pricing stores was supplied by the federal government and the state.

According to Mr. Rama Rao, also known as KTR, such behaviour by those in high positions will only “demoralise diligent AIS officers.”

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Mr Rama Rao, in a tweet on Friday night, said, “I am appalled by the unruly conduct of FM @nsitharaman today with District Magistrate/Collector of Kamareddy”.

“These political histrionics on the street will only demoralise hardworking AIS officers,” he added.

“My compliments to @Collector_KMR Jitesh V Patil, IAS on his dignified conduct,” he further tweeted.

The Union Minister also questioned Jitesh Patil about the absence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s portrait during the inspection of a PDS ration store in Birkoor.

According to Ms. Sitharaman, the Center has been giving away free rice valued at between 30 and 35 rupees from March-April 2020 without requiring any payment from the State government or the recipients.

As part of the BJP’s “Lok Sabha Pravas Yojana,” Ms. Sitharaman was in the state attending several events in the Zaheerabad Parliamentary Constituency.