Leader of the Opposition in Telangana Legislative Council Md Shabbir Ali advised the TRS to follow Andhra Pradesh government which formed a corpus fund of Rs 40 crore for the welfare of NRIs.
He asked the Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao and his son K T Rama Rao to avoid making superficial statements and immediately introduce the NRI policy bill in the impending Assembly sessions. The Congress leader noted that comprehensive NRI policy was part of the election promise of the pink party.
He said that NRIs with origins from Nizamabad, Karimnagar and Siddipet have reached out to him in crisis situations.
Shabbir Ali came down heavily on the brother-sister duo KTR-Kavitha for failing to help the families of Gulf victims. He said that skill trainings by NAC instead of Jagruthi organisation is need.ed He also added that NRI office accessible to everyone outside the secretariat is need along with a social security scheme for NRIs in Gulf.
He asked the government to set up an NRI cell in each district and take measures to restore the cancelled ration cards.
