Congress government starving Gurukuls in Telangana, says KTR

BRS working president KT Rama Rao accused the Revanth Reddy government of undermining Telangana’s Gurukuls by delaying rent arrears and locking hostel buildings. He demanded immediate action and warned of a statewide stir involving students and parents if the issue is ignored.

Hyderabad: BRS working president KT Rama Rao on Wednesday said the Revanth Reddy government was deliberately undermining Telangana’s Gurukuls (welfare residential schools) by allowing rent arrears to pile up and leaving some hostel buildings locked and students’ future at risk. He called it a disgrace and a sign of Chief Minister Revanth Reddy’s incompetence.

Demanding immediate release of arrears and reopen the locked hostels, he warned that the BRS would launch Statewide stir, in association with students and their parents if the government failed to act.

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In a statement, Rama Rao said the Chief Minister was destroying the welfare residential school system that earned Telangana nationwide acclaim. Revanth Reddy, who holds the education portfolio, has failed to clear rental dues of the Gurukul school buildings for nearly a year, and was pushing the institutions into crisis.

“Revanth Reddy seems determined on erasing KCR’s legacy by collapsing the very system that empowered poor students,” he charged, criticising the government for not releasing fee reimbursement dues.

The BRS working president challenged the Chief Minister to explain why the State government failed to clear rental dues, despite raising over Rs 2.2 lakh crore loans within 22 months of its rule. He warned that any attempt to undermine residential welfare schools which provide quality education to BC, SC, ST, minority and economically weaker sections, would be resisted.