Honeymoon ends for Congress as BRS gears up for Statewide movement with KCR at helm: KTR
BRS working president KT Rama Rao announced an intensified people-focused movement under K Chandrashekhar Rao, condemning Congress governance failures, political defections, industrial slowdown, BC reservation betrayals, and alleged Congress-BJP collusion, while vowing to regain power in 2028
Hyderabad: Declaring that the Congress government’s honeymoon period was over, Bharat Rashtra Samithi working president KT Rama Rao said party president and former Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao would soon directly lead a people-focused movement addressing multiple issues facing Telangana. As a preparatory step, the BRS president will lay out a clear roadmap to cadres at an upcoming State-level meeting, following which the party will intensify public outreach, including a large-scale membership drive.
Speaking to the media at Telangana Bhavan on Saturday, Rama Rao made pointed remarks on political ethics, defections, BC reservations, the Congress-BJP nexus, governance failures, industrial slowdown and the future course of BRS under Chandrashekhar Rao’s leadership. He asserted that the party would return to power in 2028, stating that recent local body election trends reflected growing public anger against the Congress.
“No matter how many conspiracies Revanth Reddy attempts, people have already delivered their verdict,” he said, expressing confidence that Telangana’s future belonged to the BRS.
He said Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy may indulge in political theatrics and personal stunts, but it would ultimately be the people of Telangana who would play football with him for his failures, betrayals and arrogance in governance. He said dragging family members into politics reflected a lack of values.
“I will never comment on Revanth Reddy’s family members, women, children, or grandchildren. That is not our culture, and it is certainly not what K Chandrashekhar Rao has taught us,” he said.
He recalled that even when objectionable remarks were made in the past about Rahul Gandhi’s birth, the BRS chief had publicly condemned such discourse, reiterating that political battles must remain between political leaders alone. Responding to questions on a recent football related controversy involving Revanth Reddy’s grandson, he said he would never stoop to such cheap politics.
He wished good health and a long life to Revanth Reddy’s family members and clarified that while the Chief Minister may play football with anyone he wants, people of Telangana would surely play football with him politically.
Stating that the Congress was committing a clear and unforgivable betrayal of Backward Classes, he pointed out that the Congress promised 42 per cent reservations for BCs in local body elections but reduced it to just 17 per cent at the time of elections.
“This is nothing but deception,” he said, adding that Revanth Reddy had no authority to lecture others on BC representation. The BRS consistently delivered real political representation to BCs. In parliamentary elections, BRS gave 50 per cent of its general seats to BC candidates, while Congress failed miserably. In Assembly elections, BRS allotted 34 tickets to BCs compared to Congress’ mere 19. He questioned why the Congress government had failed to implement 42 per cent reservations in education, employment, contracts, and skill development if it truly cared for BCs.
He also asked why promises such as BC Sub-Plan of Rs 20,000 crore and inclusion of Mudiraj community in BC-D category remain unfulfilled. “All these can be done through executive orders, but Congress lacks intent,” he said, reminding that BRS had earlier ensured reservations for BCs in wine shops, market committees and other sectors.
Congress–BJP secret understanding
Rama Rao alleged a deep, covert understanding between the Congress and the BJP. He questioned why Revanth Reddy attended the housewarming of a BJP MP in Delhi and said a BJP MP had even facilitated the remodelling of Revanth Reddy’s residence on Tughlaq Road. The BJP was shielding Revanth Reddy despite serious allegations of corruption, he said, adding that the Congress in Telangana had effectively become an ‘ATM’ for Delhi power centres, with an ‘RR Tax’ operating openly. He questioned why no action was taken even after public allegations and ED raids in certain cases. “This silence itself exposes the unholy alliance,” he said.
Taking strong objection to political defections, he mocked the defected MLAs who claim they switched parties for development while sitting in Congress offices and pretending to still belong to the BRS, and challenged Revanth Reddy to make the 10 defected MLAs resign and face bypolls if he had any moral courage. He said some leaders were lying before the Speaker even as they publicly flaunted Congress scarves, remarking that they had reduced themselves to a bat like existence, hanging neither here nor there, solely for posts and power.
Governance failure and industrial decline
Expressing deep concern over Telangana’s slipping industrial reputation, he said investors were moving to neighbouring states like Andhra Pradesh due to policy instability and fear under the Congress government. Citing examples like pharma companies relocating to Kurnool, he blamed policy confusion, cancellation of Pharma City and reckless decisions taken without public consultation. He also criticised the government for ignoring environmental norms selectively, staging dramas even after being reprimanded by tribunals. “Congress has reduced governance to name-changing and chaos,” he said, also criticising amendments to the employment guarantee scheme, stating they hurt rural poor.
He questioned why Congress leaders objected to name changes at the national level while silently renaming schemes, regions, and even symbols like Telangana Thalli within the State. Condemning the BJP for removing Mahatma Gandhi’s name from the scheme and weakening its implementation through restrictive rules, he said both the BJP and the Congress were obsessed with names, not people’s lives.
The BRS working president also slammed the unscientific ward delimitation and the arbitrary plan to split Hyderabad into multiple corporations without consulting stakeholders, warning that such decisions would create administrative chaos and go against public aspirations.
