Hyderabad, Feb. 2 -- BRS working president KT Rama Rao slammed the Centre for its response to the Delhi High Court on the PM CARES Fund on Wednesday.

The Prime Minister's Office (PMO) on Tuesday told the Delhi HC that the Prime Minister's Citizen Assistance and Relief in Emergency Situations (PM CARES) Fund is not a public authority according to the Right to Information Act, 2005 and not a state under Article 12 of the Constitution of India, but a 'public charitable trust'.

KTR, while finding faults with the statement, said in his Tweet, "Classic case of blatant abuse of Govt machinery by NPA."

Stating that the PM Fund depicts government machinery all over it, KTR added, "Using Government emblem, PMO, and Government website, still clai...