Budget 2026: KTR questions Congress–BJP failure in securing funds for Telangana

BRS working president KT Rama Rao launched a sharp attack on the Union Government and Congress leadership, alleging that Telangana was once again denied its rightful share in the Union Budget 2026-27. He criticised Chief Minister Revanth Reddy’s repeated visits to Delhi as futile, accusing both Congress and BJP of failing to secure funds for the State.

Hyderabad: In a scathing attack on the Union Government, BRS working president KT Rama Rao on Sunday said Telangana was once again denied its rightful share in the Union Budget and said the BJP-led Centre was continuing its discriminatory approach towards the State.

He asserted that the latest Budget once again proved that national parties were unwilling or unable to safeguard Telangana’s interests. He called upon the Chief Minister, BJP Union Ministers, and MPs from both Congress and the BJP to issue a public apology for failing to secure funds for the State.

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The BRS working president questioned the Congress government’s inability to secure even minimal allocations. Chief Minister Revanth Reddy’s over 60 visits to New Delhi so far had not yielded a single rupee for Telangana, he said in a statement.

“The Chief Minister should explain to the people on what concrete benefits accrued to the State from these trips. The “Bade Bhai-Chote Bhai’ understanding between Congress and the BJP has completely failed to translate into financial gains for Telangana,” Rama Rao said.

Alleging that the Chief Minister’s Delhi visits were driven by political compulsions rather than the State’s interests, he said the budget had exposed the total futility of those engagements. He maintained that Telangana had been left empty-handed while other States continued to receive substantial allocations.

Turning his criticism towards the BJP leadership, the BRS working president said even the party’s own MPs and Union Ministers from Telangana had failed to raise their voices in Parliament for the State’s cause.

Despite having representation in the Union Cabinet, Telangana did not receive any meaningful allocations, he said, adding that it reflected the Centre’s continued neglect since the formation of the State.

Rama Rao recalled that successive representations over the last ten years for key projects had gone unaddressed. National status for the Palamuru–Ranga Reddy irrigation project, Metro Rail expansion, the Regional Ring Road, new railway lines, a coach factory at Warangal, establishment of premier educational institutions such as IIM, the Bayyaram steel plant in Khammam district, and a mega textile park in Sircilla all were again ignored in the current Budget, he said, adding that the continued absence of Central support demonstrated a pattern of discrimination rather than an isolated lapse.

Congress and BJP MPs from Telangana, Union Ministers, and the State government should collectively answer to the people for the serious injustice to the State in the Budget, adding that the contrast of neighbouring States receiving substantial Central assistance year after year was not lost on the public.

He also criticised the Telangana BJP leadership for what he described as a lack of assertiveness in Parliament, noting that despite sending an equal number of MPs from Congress and the BJP, the State had ended up with zero in terms of tangible Budgetary benefits.

Stating that the people of Telangana had clearly understood the consequences of not having a strong regional voice in the Lok Sabha, he reiterated that only a party rooted in the State could effectively raise Telangana’s concerns in New Delhi.

The latest Budget has once again underlined the importance of having such representation to ensure both strength and visibility for the State at the national level, he added.