KTR likens Revanth to Roman emperor Nero, says CM turning blind eye to Telangana’s distress

Questions Centre's inaction, despite complaints against Revanth Reddy handing over a Rs 1,137 crore contract under the AMRUT scheme to a dubious firm belonging to his brother-in-law

Hyderabad: BRS working president KT Rama Rao launched a fierce attack on Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy for neglecting farmer suicides and the collapse of the Srisailam Left Bank Canal (SLBC) tunnel while prioritising election campaigns. Pointing out the tragic suicides of seven farmers in just 48 hours, he lambasted the Congress government’s apathy, stating that 450 farmers had taken their lives since the Congress came to power.

“Revanth Reddy is acting like Roman emperor Nero, turning a blind eye to Telangana’s distress while he campaigns for MLC elections and rushes to Delhi for the 36th time,” he remarked, taking a dig at the Chief Minister for frequent visits to the national capital while failing to even expand his Cabinet. He also charged Revanth Reddy and his Ministers with remaining indifferent to the SLBC tunnel accident, where eight persons were trapped.

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Welcoming former ZPTC Keerti Venkateswaralu and 500 Congress activists from Station Ghanpur into the BRS fold at Telangana Bhavan on Tuesday, Rama Rao stated that the exodus of Congress cadre into the opposition BRS reflected the shifting political tide in Telangana. He doubted if the Chief Minister himself had realised it while remarking that losing the MLC election would not affect the Congress.

Attacking the Congress-BJP nexus, the BRS working president pointed out that while the BJP was quick to target the Kaleshwaram project after one of the pillars of the Medigadda barrage developed cracks, it remained silent on the Sunkishala retaining wall collapse, the SLBC tunnel accident, and the Khammam Peddavagu bridge disaster.

“Where is the frenzy that the BJP displayed when a single pillar of Kaleshwaram cracked? Now, when entire structures collapse under Congress rule, why is Prime Minister Modi silent?” he asked.

He stated that while the Congress government refused to give details of the Sunkishala accident under RTI, citing national security, the BJP government was yet to take any action on Modi’s remarks of the Congress government in Telangana collecting RR tax (Rahul Gandhi-Revanth Reddy).

Rama Rao also questioned the Centre’s inaction, despite complaints against Revanth Reddy handing over a Rs 1,137 crore contract under the AMRUT scheme to a dubious firm belonging to his brother-in-law. He reminded that no details of the raids conducted by the Enforcement Directorate on the properties of Minister Ponguleti Srinivas Reddy were revealed to date, adding that the BJP was shielding Revanth Reddy’s corruption. He stated that both parties were conspiring against former Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao.

The former Minister also lashed out at the Chief Minister for his anti-farmer policies, stating that farmers in Lagacherla were jailed for refusing to give land for his son-in-law’s factory. He said even Kodangal was rebelling against Revanth Reddy, with people vowing to bring down the Congress government.

He dared Kadiyam Srihari, who defected to the Congress, to resign and contest fresh elections if he had the courage. Predicting bypolls in 10 Assembly constituencies where defections occurred, he said the BRS would return with a resounding victory.

Ridiculing the Congress’ financial mismanagement, Rama Rao said Revanth Reddy was more willing to send moneybags to Delhi than releasing funds to farmers. He pointed out that while Chandrashekhar Rao borrowed Rs 41,000 crore annually to build transformative projects such as Kaleshwaram, Mission Bhagiratha and medical colleges, the Congress government had racked up Rs 1.5 lakh crore in debt in just 14 months — without initiating a single new project.

“People are regretting not voting for BRS. Only now do they understand Chandrashekhar Rao’s value after seeing Revanth Reddy’s disastrous rule,” he said, assuring that BRS would continue to fight for Telangana’s interests.