BRS terms Revanth Reddy’s Mahabubnagar Vijayotsava Sabha an ‘utter flop’

The BRS on Monday criticised Chief Minister Revanth Reddy’s “Vijayotsava Sabha” in Mahabubnagar, calling it an “utter flop” due to low turnout. Party leaders accused the CM of ignoring governance, delaying key projects and misrepresenting the BRS government’s contribution

Hyderabad: Leaders of the Bharat Rashtra Samithi on Monday launched a scathing attack on Telangana Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy, terming the Congress government’s first “Vijayotsava Sabha” in the combined Mahabubnagar district to mark two years in power as an “utter flop” due to poor public turnout. Addressing a news conference, former minister V Srinivas Goud, former MLAs Patnam Narender Reddy, Jogu Ramanna, and Beeram Harshavardhan Reddy accused the Chief Minister of wasting time abusing BRS supremo K Chandrashekar Rao instead of highlighting his government’s achievements.

“People did not turn up for the meeting because the government has done no good work in the last two years. Even Minister Sridhar Babu openly expressed anguish over the empty chairs,” Srinivas Goud said.

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He challenged the Chief Minister’s claim that nothing was done during the 10-year BRS rule in the erstwhile district. It was K Chanrashekhar Rao who reorganised the combined Mahabubnagar into five full-fledged district headquarters.

It is during his tenure, five new medical colleges were sanctioned. Major lift irrigation projects like Kalwakurthy and Nettempadu were completed by the BRS government. Pending irrigation projects were finished, bringing water to over 10 lakh acres.

Five new reservoirs were constructed in the district. Paddy production rose from 30 lakh metric tonnes to 3 crore metric tonnes in the State, with a major contribution from the district.

Hundreds of tanks were renovated and check dams built, raising groundwater levels. The drinking water supply in Mahabubnagar town was upgraded from once in 15 days to a daily supply.

Srinivas Goud questioned why the Congress government has failed to complete the Palamuru-Rangareddy Lift Irrigation Scheme, which was 90 per cent complete when BRS left power, and asked whether the ongoing “celebrations” were for failing to implement the six guarantees, for cheating BCs of 42 per cent reservation, for not filling 2 lakh jobs, or for failing to bring Central funds.

Former MLA Patnam Narender Reddy alleged that CM Revanth Reddy laid the foundation stone twice for the same Kodangal-Narayanpet lift scheme — once before the Parliament elections and again recently — only for political mileage.

He accused the CM and his family of being immersed in commission scandals and deliberately delaying the Palamuru-Rangareddy project because it would give credit to K Chandrashekhar Rao.