Telangana: Congress questions TRS over unfulfilled assurances
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Telangana Congress yesterday questioned the ruling Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) on why it "failed" to mount pressure on the NDA-led Center to realize the assurances given to the newly-formed state in the Andhra Pradesh Reorganization (APR) Act. Congress state unit president Uttam Kumar Reddy said the assurances include setting up of a rail coach factory, steel factory and tribal university in the state.
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