BRS shifts gear, mounts coordinated offensive on Congress government
The BRS has stepped up its political campaign against the Congress government in Telangana, intensifying district tours and issue-based mobilisation. Senior leaders are focusing on irrigation, farmers’ issues and governance concerns as part of a structured Statewide offensive.
Hyderabad: The BRS is visibly recalibrating its political strategy, launching a coordinated and multi-pronged offensive against the ruling Congress government in Telangana. Over the past fortnight, senior leaders have intensified field-level activity, synchronising district tours and local interactions to corner the government on unfulfilled promises and rising public issues.
Following the party’s encouraging performance in the recent panchayat polls and party president K Chandrashekhar Rao’s call for a renewed people’s movement, the BRS cadre appears re-energised. Sensing momentum, the leadership has moved quickly to consolidate internal structures and amplify its campaign against the Congress.
Party insiders said the BRS leadership has adopted a structured and tiered approach, where top leaders will focus on State-level issues while maintaining close engagement with their home constituencies. Strong leaders in districts will concentrate on hyper-local concerns but intervene in State-level debates where required. Issue-specific teams will target sectoral grievances, particularly agriculture, irrigation and civic administration.
At the helm of this renewed charge is BRS president K Chandrashekhar Rao, who has already signalled a fresh agitation centred on farmers’ rights, inter-State river water disputes and completion of the Palamuru-Rangareddy Lift Irrigation Scheme (PRLIS). The party is planning sustained campaigns culminating in a series of public meetings in the erstwhile Mahabubnagar, Rangareddy and Nalgonda districts.
Party working president KT Rama Rao, deputy floor leader T Harish Rao and other senior leaders will reinforce this line of attack against the Congress government’s policy paralysis on irrigation, rising debt, farmers’ distress and corruption allegations. Accordingly, these leaders are vigorously touring the districts to address the party cadre.
In Hyderabad, former Minister Talasani Srinivas Yadav and Hyderabad MLAs have been tasked with countering the proposed merger of 27 municipalities into the GHMC, which the BRS claims will create administrative chaos and dilute local autonomy. They will also fight on urban-centred issues including HYDRAA demolitions, Musi Riverfront beautification, traffic chaos and other issues.
District-level mobilisation is also being streamlined. Leaders like former Ministers P Sabitha Indra Reddy in Rangareddy, S Niranjan Reddy and V Srinivas Goud in Mahabubnagar, and G Jagadish Reddy in Nalgonda are being positioned as focal points for carrying the PRLIS message directly to farmers. The intention appears twofold, to highlight the consequences of project delays and build momentum ahead of Chandrashekhar Rao’s proposed public meetings commencing from next month.
Senior BRS functionaries admitted that the objective is not merely political, but also about dismantling the false perception created by the Congress.
Parallel to the irrigation focus, leaders such as Jogu Ramanna are taking up the cause of soybean farmers, while teams in Nizamabad, Karimnagar and Medak are raising concerns about damaged check dams, alleged sand mafia activities, lack of irrigation water supply, delay in taking up repairs at Medigadda barrage and other local issues.
A senior BRS leader told Telangana Today that the goal is to sensitise people, especially farmers, on the adverse outcomes of Congress governance. The orchestrated action marks a significant strategic shift by the BRS after a period of relative restraint post-election. The party’s renewed aggression is not a spontaneous escalation but a structured and deliberately phased offensive designed to challenge the Congress across policy, administration and public sentiment.
The ruling Congress restrained the main opposition BRS from raising people’s issues in the Assembly by denying them an opportunity to speak. However, how the Congress responds to this aggression from the BRS outside the Assembly remains to be seen.
