Harish Rao challenges Revanth Reddy over claims in Kerala election campaign
BRSLP deputy leader T Harish Rao has challenged Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy to substantiate his claims of governance success made during his Kerala campaign. Rao accused the Congress government of failing to deliver on its six guarantees, citing incomplete farm loan waivers, stalled welfare schemes, and inadequate irrigation measures
Hyderabad: BRSLP deputy leader T Harish Rao had thrown down the gauntlet at Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy to prove his claims of governance success made during his election campaign in Kerala.
He accused the Chief Minister of misleading people outside the State, while failing to deliver on key promises in Telangana.
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“Which of the Six Guarantees have actually been delivered fully?” he asked, listing pending promises including farm loan waivers, financial assistance to women, enhanced pensions, and farmer support schemes.
He exuded confidence that Kerala voters were clever enough to verify facts independently, notwithstanding Revanth Reddy’s political rhetoric.
Speaking to media persons during his Kodangal visit on Friday, Harish Rao dared Revanth Reddy to identify a single village in Kodangal where farm loan waivers had been fully implemented, asserting that ground realities starkly contradict official claims.
He stated that the Congress government had not only duped farmers with partial implementation of farm loan waiver, but also failed to release three installments of Rythu Bharosa financial assistance.
He cited government data presented in the Assembly to point out that only 16,000 jobs had been provided against the promise of two lakh jobs. He slammed the Congress government for either halting or diluting welfare schemes like Rythu Bandhu, Kalyana Lakshmi, and KCR Kits, launched during the previous BRS regime. He pointed to delays in bonus payments to farmers and inadequate power supply for agricultural needs.
Turning to irrigation, Harish Rao said the Congress government stalled the Palamuru-Rangareddy Lift Irrigation Project, which was nearly complete during the previous BRS rule. He alleged that the government was instead promoting new projects for financial gain, despite offering limited irrigation benefits compared to the existing project.
He lambasted the Congress government over its failure to tap available river water to fill key reservoirs to meet water needs during upcoming summer.
He accused the government of neglecting SC and ST communities, by not releasing funds to welfare corporations and failing to implement promises made to them. He contrasted this with initiatives undertaken during the previous government, including the conversion of tribal hamlets into gram panchayats and enhancing reservations.
