KTR slams Revanth Reddy for incomplete PRLI project, warns of unrest if districts are dissolved
BRS working president KT Rama Rao criticised Telangana Chief Minister Revanth Reddy for a stagnant government and delays in irrigation projects. He warned against district abolition, cited farmers’ distress, and highlighted BRS achievements, promising development will resume when the party returns to power
Mahbubnagar: BRS working president KT Rama Rao mounted a scathing attack on Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy, charging him with running a stagnant and directionless government in Telangana, while inaugurating projects built under the previous BRS regime. He also warned the government against any attempts to abolish existing districts.
“If the government touches Wanaparthy, Narayanpet or Gadwal, the BRS will ignite a fire the Congress cannot contain,” he said.
Addressing newly elected Sarpanches and ward members from Mahbubnagar and Narayanpet districts here on Monday, Rama Rao said the Congress administration had neither advanced development nor protected the State’s crucial irrigation interests, particularly the long-pending Palamuru-Rangareddy Lift Irrigation Project, which was stalled under the current dispensation. Revanth Reddy had deliberately delayed the project to deny credit to BRS chief and former Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao, he said.
“Revanth Reddy failed to utilise available water in Krishna River due to his political insecurity. His only worry is that completion of the project would anger his old boss, while KCR will get credit for its completion,” he remarked, adding that the Chief Minister had no concern for farmers.
The BRS working president said while the BRS had brought 14 IT firms to Mahbubnagar through its T-Hub initiative, the Congress government was now driving them away instead of nurturing growth. He accused Chief Minister Revanth Reddy of hurting farmers in Palamuru and failing even on basic inputs like urea supply. “A man who cannot ensure fertiliser is now talking of making Palamuru region prosperous,” he ridiculed.
Pointing to financial distress at the grassroots, Rama Rao said Congress MLAs themselves had admitted that there were no funds for development works. “If bundles of money are being sent to Delhi, how will Telangana get any work done?” he asked, stating that Andhra contractors were being prioritised over local firms.
He said growing public dissatisfaction against the Congress was evident in the recent Panchayat elections, where BRS secured 40 per cent of the seats. “This is just a sample. People are ready to deliver the full verdict in the municipal, ZPTC and MPTC elections, where party symbols are also visible,” he said.
The former Minister said the Congress won power on lies and wild promises including double pensions, Rythu Bharosa, Dalit Bandhu, two lakh jobs and pay revision commission, none of which was realised in last two years. Instead, existing schemes such as KCR Kits, festival gifts and rural infrastructure support were dismantled.
Calling Revanth Reddy a leader by luck but not merit, he urged party workers to gear up for the municipal elections. He declared that the BRS would return to power shortly as people remember only KCR and the Car symbol. “Development will resume only when BRS returns to power,” he affirmed.
