Hyderabad, March 5 -- Attacking the Centre over lack of support, Telangana IT minister K T Rama Rao on Friday said that an 'Atma Nirbhar' (self-reliant) India won't happen by "sloganeering". He appealed to the central government to work together with the state, and "let economics take over politics".

"We have allotted 12,000 acres of pharma land (for Pharma City) but there is no assistance from the Modi government," KTR claimed, while addressing a meeting by CII Telangana on Friday in Hyderabad. He appealed to the Centre to work with the state government and put politics aside.

The IT minister's comments come during the ongoing campaign for the MLC (two seats) elections. Over the past few days, he and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) state ...