Hyderabad, July 3 -- Telangana Deputy Chief Minister Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka on Friday condemned what he described as the false propaganda being spread by opposition leaders against Singareni Collieries, asserting that the enterprise and its resources belong to the people of the state.

Addressing the media, Bhatti Vikramarka questioned the opposition's track record during their ten years in power. "During your ten years in power, did you secure even a single new coal block for Singareni? Did you at least obtain new mining blocks to replace those that had been exhausted and closed?" he asked.

He further criticised the previous BRS government, stating that while it significantly expanded the Bhadradri and Yadadri Thermal Power Projects, i...