Harish Rao slams Congress govt on PRC delay, jobs and governance lapses

BRS leader T Harish Rao criticised the Congress government in the Telangana Assembly, accusing it of violating norms, misleading on job creation and failing on key promises. He also raised concerns over governance, transparency, police functioning and administrative instability

Hyderabad: BRS deputy floor leader T Harish Rao on Thursday accused the Congress government of undermining Assembly norms and failing on key promises during the discussion on the budget demands in the House. He said the extension of the tenure of the Pay Revision Commission (PRC) for State government employees by six months during the ongoing session violated legislative procedure. He said the move also contradicted the poll promise to implement PRC and clear DA arrears within six months.

Targeting the government over employment claims, Harish Rao said it was misleading with claims of providing 67,763 jobs. He stated that over 50,000 recruitments were initiated under the previous BRS regime, while fresh notifications were issued by the Congress government for just 16,978 posts. He pointed to unfulfilled promises of 2 lakh jobs, unemployment allowance and welfare schemes.

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The BRSLP deputy leader criticised frequent transfers of officials, especially 140 IAS officers, including 20 Collectors, in the last two years. He said the administrative instability crippled governance. He also flagged lack of transparency, with over 82 per cent of government orders kept offline despite High Court directions.

He also pointed to declining transport revenues, pending RTC dues along with RTC merger in the government, and unfulfilled promises for auto drivers. Concerns were also raised over reduced police funding, pending allowances, vacancies, delayed benefits and rising crime. He stated that the police were being used to target BRS leaders raising their voice against the government on social media, instead of focusing on crime control.