Congress repackages BRS policy, misleads public on orders making Telugu compulsory in schools

The latest Government Order does not introduce any changes, but simply reaffirms what was already in place

Hyderabad: The Congress government in Telangana, led by Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy, is fast earning the notoriety for taking U-turns on policy decisions and also attempting to take credit for initiatives of the previous BRS regime. This time, the Congress government attempted to rebrand an old initiative of the BRS as its own to score political mileage at the national level.

The Government Order (GO) issued on February 25, 2025, making Telugu a compulsory subject in all schools – including CBSE, ICSE and IB boards, is being hailed as a groundbreaking move by the Revanth Reddy government. However, the reality is starkly different.

This very policy was originally introduced during the BRS regime under former Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao and the then Special Chief Secretary Ranjeev R Acharya had even issued a GO on June 1, 2018. The Congress government has merely reissued the same order, with even a reference to the old GO, while falsely portraying it as a new initiative. The latest GO does not introduce any changes, but simply reaffirms what was already in place.

The move comes amid the Hindi imposition debate intensifying across the country. The Congress government has weaponised the language issue to project Revanth Reddy as a leader standing for Telugu pride. But the truth is that the policy was already in place and is being implemented across all schools. Yet, the Congress is using it to grab headlines and mislead the public through media publicity.

This is not the first time the Congress government has tried to steal credit for the work done by the previous BRS regime. From irrigation projects to welfare schemes and job recruitments to policy initiatives, the Revanth Reddy administration has repeatedly taken existing policies, rebranded them, and projected them as new achievements.