KCR slams Congress over policy vacuum, farmer distress and economic slide

BRS president and former Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao launched a scathing attack on the Congress government, accusing it of failing to introduce new policies in two years and reducing governance to vendetta politics. He alleged crime had risen by 20 per cent, welfare schemes were stalled, and farmers were left struggling for fertiliser and procurement.

Hyderabad: BRS president and former Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao on Sunday tore into the Congress government over its failure to introduce even a single new policy in the two years since coming to power. He charged the Congress with reducing governance to personal abuse and political vendetta.

Addressing a press conference following a joint meeting of the BRS Legislature Party and the party’s State executive committee at Telangana Bhavan, Chandrashekhar Rao said the Congress had exposed the hollowness of its election promises.

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“There is no policy or vision. Their only agenda is abusing KCR, even wishing for my death,” he said, charging the government with abandoning governance altogether.

Drawing a sharp contrast with his tenure, the former Chief Minister said intimidation and violence against opposition workers had become routine under Congress rule, eroding democratic principles.

He said crime rose by 20 per cent as per NCRB data, even as murders and rapes were happening in broad daylight in Hyderabad, without any concrete action or accountability.

On welfare and agriculture, Chandrashekhar Rao charged the Congress with stalling existing schemes while failing to roll out new ones. He said two installments of Rythu Bandhu and months of pensions were skipped, paddy procurement had collapsed and cotton farmers were left to private traders. He pointed out that long queues for fertiliser had returned, forcing farmers and their families to wait days for supplies.

“Earlier, urea reached fields directly. Today, farmers need an app just to locate stocks, only to get a single bag,” he remarked.

The BRS chief also ridiculed the government’s claims of massive investments through business summits, calling them bogus numbers and propaganda. He said real investments during the BRS regime were driven by stable policies, not hype, and noted that software exports had touched Rs 50,000 crore without grand summits. Real estate too had collapsed under Congress rule, land prices had fallen and people were being forced to sell assets at distress rates.

Stating that the Congress had deceived voters with over 400 promises from enhanced pensions to loan waivers, he said people were now openly regretting their choice.

“Everywhere I go, people say one thing – KCR will come back,” he said, asserting that the Congress government had rapidly lost public confidence.

On the occasion, the BRS chief congratulated party leaders and cadre for the BRS’s strong showing in the recent local body elections, terming the results as a clear signal of growing public anger against the ruling party. He said the results were a backlash against the arrogance of Congress MLAs and asserted that public trust was steadily shifting back towards the BRS.