BRS challenges Rahul Gandhi to question Revanth over unfulfilled poll promises

BRS leader T Harish Rao urged Rahul Gandhi to question Chief Minister Revanth Reddy over unfulfilled Congress manifesto promises. Citing pending welfare schemes and repeated Budget announcements, he accused the State government of recycling promises without delivering benefits.

Hyderabad: With Congress MP Rahul Gandhi arriving in Hyderabad, the Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) sought to draw his attention to the party’s unfulfilled manifesto promises and accused the Revanth Reddy government of failing to deliver on its commitments to the people.

BRS Deputy Floor Leader T Harish Rao urged Rahul Gandhi to review the Revanth Reddy government’s performance across its three annual Budgets and question the Chief Minister over the promises that remain unfulfilled.

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Taking to X, Harish Rao said former Prime Ministers Indira Gandhi and Rajiv Gandhi were among the tallest leaders of the Congress party. Their names commanded respect and deserved to be honoured through meaningful public service, rather than being attached to schemes whose promises remained unfulfilled.

True respect for these leaders lay not in naming schemes after them but in honouring the commitments made in their names, he stressed.

“As you are in Hyderabad, this is the right time to review the Revanth Reddy Government’s performance across its three budgets and demand accountability. These are not mere budget announcements, they are commitments made to the people through the Congress Manifesto. Why have they not been fulfilled?” Harish Rao asked.

Slamming the government’s approach, he said, “The Revanth Reddy Government’s three Budget formula is simple: Announce, recycle and never deliver!”

He alleged that instead of implementing its promises, the Congress government was repackaging old announcements and projecting them as fresh achievements. Meanwhile, poor families, landless agricultural labourers and unemployed youth continued to wait for the benefits promised to them, he said.

Citing Indiramma Atmiya Bharosa, Harish Rao pointed out that the government had promised financial assistance of Rs.12,000 per year to landless agricultural labourers in the 2024-25 Budget. The scheme was again projected as being implemented in the 2025-26 Budget. However, the promised assistance had not reached the intended beneficiaries even after three Budgets, he alleged.

“Is this what Congress calls implementation?” he asked.

Similarly, under Rajiv Yuva Vikasam, the government announced an allocation of Rs.6,000 crore in the 2025-26 Budget to support SC, ST, BC and minority youth. The same amount was repeated in the 2026-27 Budget, he pointed out.

“The figure remains on paper, but where is the actual financial allocation and implementation? When will the promised assistance reach unemployed youth who are desperately waiting for support? Three Budgets, same promises, recycled announcements. No accountability,” Harish Rao said.

He urged Rahul Gandhi to move beyond speeches and political slogans and ensure that the Congress government fulfilled its commitments.

“Review your government’s three Budgets, question the Chief Minister and demand a clear account of every unfulfilled Manifesto promise. Your responsibility does not end with making promises; it must extend to ensuring their delivery,” Harish Rao said.