BRS to introduce Private Member Bill in Assembly to give legal status to Congress Six Guarantees
BRS working president KT Rama Rao announced that the party would introduce a Private Member Bill in the Telangana Assembly seeking legal backing for the Congress party’s six electoral guarantees and accused the government of failing to honour its promises.
Hyderabad: KT Rama Rao, working president of the Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS), on Tuesday announced that the party would introduce a Private Member Bill during the forthcoming budget session of the Telangana Legislative Assembly to expose what he termed the Congress government’s betrayal of the people of Telangana and to demand legal backing for the six guarantees promised during the elections.
Addressing a press conference after a joint orientation meeting of BRS MLAs and MLCs here, Rama Rao said the Indian National Congress had come to power by promising six guarantees to the people of the State but had failed to honour those commitments. Congress leaders had publicly promised that legal status would be given to the six guarantees in the very first Cabinet meeting after coming to power, but the government had failed to fulfil that promise even after two and a half years, he said.
He added that the proposed Private Member Bill was intended to hold the Congress government accountable and ensure that the guarantees promised to the people, including benefits for women, elderly citizens, persons with disabilities, students and farmers, are implemented in a legally binding manner. Through the bill, the BRS would expose the Congress party’s failure to implement its promises, including commitments reiterated by senior Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, he said, calling upon Congress MLAs to support the bill in the Assembly if they were genuinely committed to fulfilling the promises made to the people.
Stating that party leaders had discussed strategies for the budget session, Rama Rao said the Congress government was presenting its third budget, making this session extremely important as nearly half of the government’s tenure had already passed. The time given by the people for the implementation of electoral promises had effectively elapsed, yet the Congress government had failed to deliver.
Slamming the government for not constituting key Assembly committees even after more than two years in power, Rama Rao pointed out that there were no Select Committees, Standing Committees or Petitions Committees, while even the post of Deputy Speaker remained vacant. This, he said, reflected the Congress government’s disregard for legislative institutions. The government led by A Revanth Reddy was using bulldozer tactics inside and outside the Assembly, he alleged, accusing it of demolishing houses in several parts of the State while also suppressing debate in the legislature through numerical strength.
Rama Rao also alleged that the government was misleading the Assembly by presenting distorted financial figures and manipulating data. The BRS would challenge these claims in the Assembly with factual data and expose what he described as the government’s “numbers game”.
The BRS working president also questioned the Congress government’s failure to allocate adequate funds for Dalit, Tribal, BC and Minority welfare schemes, despite making several promises to these communities during the elections. The government was claiming that there were no funds available to implement welfare promises made to farmers, women and students, while simultaneously pushing the Musi River rejuvenation project, which he alleged involved large-scale corruption.
Clarifying that the BRS was not opposed to the rejuvenation of the Musi River, he said the party strongly opposed massive corruption and demolition of houses affecting thousands of families in the name of the project. Criticising Chief Minister Revanth Reddy for prioritising political interests over the welfare of farmers, he demanded that the government focus on implementing the Rythu Bandhu scheme instead of pursuing what he termed politically motivated programmes.
Reiterating that he would resign from his position if the Congress government could prove that it had constructed even a single new house in the last two and a half years, Rama Rao alleged that the government was merely repainting projects, flyovers and houses constructed during the BRS regime and claiming credit for them. The BRS would continue to raise the voice of affected communities, including those who lost houses due to government actions in Khammam and other regions.
Countering the Chief Minister’s claim that the Madhu Park Ridge Apartment would turn into a zero-value structure, Rama Rao said it was Revanth Reddy who had zero value in Telangana. “A person who destroyed the State’s healthy economy is talking about boosting night economy through the Musi project. At least now, Revanth Reddy should set aside the Rahul Bandhu scheme and implement the Rythu Bandhu scheme,” Rama Rao demanded.
Earlier, the meeting saw BRS leaders deliberating on strategies to expose the government’s failure in implementing its promises and to raise issues related to governance failures and alleged excesses of the Congress government in the Assembly. Senior party leaders including S Madhusudhana Chary, Banda Prakash, Talasani Srinivas Yadav and P Sabitha Indra Reddy also spoke during the meeting.
