KCR slams Congress over Telangana’s economic decline, vows to join people’s movement

Says if Congress continues to ignore people's issues, there would be major backlash from the public

Hyderabad: Former Chief Minister and BRS chief K Chandrashekhar Rao on Friday said the Congress government would not be forgiven if it continued to neglect public welfare. He declared that if the Congress continued to ignore people’s issues, there would be a major backlash from the public.

“I will also participate in people’s movements. Time has come to take an aggressive stance,” he said, addressing hundreds of BRS supporters from Medapalli village in Zaheerabad constituency, who walked 140 km over five days to meet him, at his Erravelli residence to express their dissatisfaction with the current Congress government.

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Citing a CAG report, Chandrashekhar Rao pointed out that while the BRS government ensured an annual revenue growth of Rs 15,000 crore over the last five years, the Congress rule had led to a Rs 13,000-crore decline, pushing Telangana towards economic instability.

He said economists feared that the financial health of the State would be irreparable if such situation continued any further. He pointed out that the government was not even releasing retirement benefits to retired employees since March last year.

He blamed the Congress for undoing Telangana’s progress, stating that under the BRS rule, the State had achieved irrigation growth, drinking water supply through Mission Bhagiratha, constructed reservoirs such as Mallanna Sagar and launched major welfare schemes like Rythu Bandhu and Rythu Bima.

“We made all efforts to protect farmers. Now, all of it is being destroyed,” he lamented.