BRS steps up municipal poll preparations as KTR holds district-wise meetings
The BRS has intensified preparations for upcoming municipal elections, with working president KT Rama Rao holding district-wise review meetings. After sessions with Warangal and Karimnagar leaders, he is set to meet Khammam and Nizamabad representatives.
Hyderabad: The Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) has shifted into full election mode ahead of the upcoming municipal polls, with the party working president KT Rama Rao conducting intensive district-wise review meetings to streamline organisational preparedness.
Senior leaders, district presidents, public representatives and key cadres have been briefed on strategy, electioneering and ground-level mobilisation.
After holding strategy sessions with Warangal leaders on Thursday, Rama Rao chaired a detailed meeting in Hyderabad with representatives from the undivided Karimnagar district on Friday.
He is scheduled to meet leaders from Khammam and Nizamabad on Saturday, as part of coordinated interactions aimed at ensuring uniform preparedness across the State.
During the meeting, the BRS working president cited the results of the recent Panchayat elections, to highlight a significant shift in public sentiment. He reminded that the BRS secured more than 4,000 gram panchayats, despite alleged inducements and malpractices by the ruling Congress.
He termed the Panchayat poll results a clear warning to the Revanth Reddy government, which is responsible for 24 months of deception, administrative collapse and neglect of both rural and urban issues.
Rama Rao pointed out that public anger against the Congress regime is at its peak, which is an unprecedented situation against a ruling party within a span of two years. He said despite its setbacks in the Assembly and the Parliament elections, the BRS has regained momentum by consistently highlighting governance failures and standing with people on key issues.
Under these circumstances, he wanted the party leaders to treat the municipal elections as a critical opportunity to reaffirm the party’s strong presence in the State. He urged cadres to work like frontline soldiers and capitalise on the discontent visible in towns and cities.
The former Municipal Minister said the Congress government has not spent a single rupee on urban development over the past two years, even as municipalities struggle with basic issues like sanitation and streetlights.
Accusing the government of merely relaunching projects initiated during the BRS tenure, he asked the party leaders to highlight the previous administration’s urban development programmes, which transformed municipalities into growth engines through sustained infrastructure expansion and civic upgrades.
During the Karimnagar meeting, local leaders briefed Rama Rao on ward-level and division-level preparedness. They informed that the erstwhile district continues to be a BRS stronghold with consistent support over the last 25 years.
Rama Rao gave clear guidelines on candidate selection, campaigning and coordination mechanisms, stressing that the municipal elections should be a turning point for the party.
