Revanth Reddy jittery of campaigning in erstwhile Medak, says Harish Rao

Former minister T Harish Rao on Monday alleged that Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy was avoiding campaigning in the erstwhile Medak district due to fear of defeat, accusing the Congress government of failing to fulfil election promises.

Siddipet: Former Minister T Harish Rao on Monday said Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy was jittery of campaigning in the erstwhile Medak district as he had no hope of winning a single municipality there.

Addressing an election campaign meeting in Dubbak municipality, he said the Chief Minister also feared taking him on in Medak. Pointing out that Revanth Reddy toured neighbouring districts such as Nizamabad, Karimnagar and Warangal, Harish Rao said he had deliberately refrained from campaigning in Medak despite repeated requests from Congress leaders. This was because of his fear that voters would question him over unfulfilled promises.

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The former minister recalled that Revanth Reddy had made several promises during the Assembly and Lok Sabha elections at the Komuravelly and Edupayala temples, but the Congress government had failed to honour them even two years after coming to power. The civic body elections were crucial for the people rather than for the Congress or the BRS, asserting that a defeat in the municipal polls would force the Chief Minister to fulfil the promises he had made.

Listing out the development works undertaken by the BRS government in Dubbak, including the upgradation of the government hospital and the construction of a school, a temple and several other facilities, Harish Rao said the Congress government have brought back many of the issues that plagued the region before the formation of Telangana, right from the ongoing urea shortage, drinking water scarcity, unscheduled power cuts and the denial of Rythu Bharosa. Former Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao had put an end to these issues after the State was formed in 2014. However, Revanth Reddy, who denied farmers in the State two instalments of Rythu Bharosa in 2023–24, had failed to release the Yasangi incentive until February this year as well.

Dubbak MLA Kotha Prabhakar Reddy and others were present.