KTR slams Revanth Reddy over ‘superfluous ego’ and ‘incompetence’ costing State Rs.15,000 crore

BRS leader K T Rama Rao slammed CM Revanth Reddy for “ego-driven incompetence,” blaming him for L&T’s exit from the Metro project and a ₹15,000 crore debt burden on Telangana.

Hyderabad: Launching a blistering attack on Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy for the Hyderabad Metro Rail project fallout, Bharat Rashtra Samithi working president and former Minister KT Rama Rao called his “insurmountable incompetence” and “superfluous ego” as the culprits behind derailing the State’s progress. The Chief Minister’s decision has subjected the taxpayer to an additional debt burden of a staggering Rs.15,000 crore, he said.

In a post on X on Sunday, Rama Rao accused the CM of “goondagardi” that has stalled vital welfare programmes and scared off major investor Larsen & Toubro from the Hyderabad Metro Rail project. “Wah Revanth! Wah! You did it again,” he said, saying “You managed to derail the development of Telangana, yet again! Not just because of your insurmountable incompetence but also because of your superfluous ego…”

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Expressing outrage over L&T’s exit from the Hyderabad Metro Rail operations, he said Revanth Reddy’s “super inflated ego” prompted the abrupt cancellation of the Airport Metro line, rerouting it towards a “nonexistent ‘Fourth City’” to serve the CM’s “real estate needs.” Pointing out that Revanth Reddy had bragged on national television that he had asked cops to jail the CFO of L&T, Rama Rao said this was a move aimed to drag their name in the muck and destroy them over threats tied to the Medigadda barrage issues in the Kaleshwaram project.

“You threatened a huge corporation like L&T with cases in Medigadda just for your sick political narratives and commissions,” he said, calling the episode an instance of revenge politics that had now backfired. “But luckily for L&T, they don’t have to put up with an incompetent Chief Minister unlike the rest of Telangana. They are walking away!” he added.

“The cost of your super inflated ego and Goondagardi is Rs.15,000 crore debt on Telangana taxpayers,” he said, also listing out Revanth Reddy’s governance failures, including fees reimbursement, the stalled Arogyasri programme, pending six guarantees and a severe financial crisis.