Telangana Rashtra Samithi president and chief minister K Chandrasekhar Rao’s decision to construct the state secretariat at Bison Polo grounds in Secunderabad does not seem to have the support of the people of Hyderabad.
This was revealed during an opinion poll conducted by the Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee recently.
According to the opinion poll results, more than 95 per cent of the people oppose the Telangana government’s plan to shift the existing Secretariat from Saifabad to Bison Polo grounds.
They reasoned that the new Secretariat in the busy Secunderabad would create traffic problems and moreover, it would deprive them of the major lung space in Secunderabad. It would also result in the existing Gymkhana Sports Ground losing its existence.
Out of 18,460 people who participated in the People's Ballot, as many as 17,892 (97.13%) opposed the new Secretariat. Only 387 people favoured KCR decision to construct a new Secretariat. While 142 respondents remained neutral, 39 votes were rejected as the respondents wrote slogans against the TRS Government in the ballot paper.
TPCC chief Capt N Uttam Kumar Reddy said KCR was wasting money in the name of new secretariat. The present secretariat was well equipped and sufficient to run the government, he said.
