Harish Rao hails KCR’s vision as Telangana Gurukul students secure MBBS seats

Senior BRS leader T. Harish Rao praised Telangana's Gurukul education system, highlighting its expansion under K. Chandrashekhar Rao. Thousands of students, including minorities and girls, are now excelling as doctors, engineers, and officers through free residential education across the state.

Hyderabad: Former Minister and senior BRS MLA T. Harish Rao on Monday lauded the success of Telangana’s Gurukul education system, calling it as one of the greatest achievements of former Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao’s rule.

Citing the story of Firdous, a student from the Telangana Minority Residential Educational Institution Society (TMREIS) at Bhuchanalli, Zaheerabad, Harish Rao said she had once declared she would become a doctor and has now fulfilled that promise by securing an MBBS seat. Along with Firdous, eight other students from the same institution and seven more from Algol Minority Gurukulam have also secured medical seats this year.

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“This is the true success of KCR’s vision,” he said, adding that thousands of Gurukul students across Telangana are now emerging as doctors, engineers, and government officers.

The former Minister pointed out that before the formation of Telangana, there were only 290 Gurukuls in the State.

“KCR increased them to 1,020, including 204 minority Gurukuls, providing free residential education, food, and accommodation to over 6.5 lakh students,” he said.

Calling the expansion of Gurukul education a revolution in social empowerment, Harish Rao reminded that Chandrashekhar Rao even introduced intermediate, degree, and law residential colleges, enabling poor and rural students, especially girls, to pursue higher studies.

“An entire generation has changed because of his foresight. Investing in the education of the poor is the truest form of development,” he said, urging students to give back to society and uphold the Gurukul legacy.