Roundtable slams Revanth Reddy government over debt, farmer distress

At a roundtable conference organised by the Telangana Knowledge Creation and Research Centre, BRS leaders and intellectuals accused Chief Minister Revanth Reddy’s government of deception and failure. Concerns were raised over declining enrolment in government schools, lack of ministers for Education and Home, and demolition of bastis under Musi cleaning operations.

Hyderabad: BRS leaders and intellectuals on Sunday branded Chief Minister Revanth Reddy’s government as one built on ‘deception, loot, theft and destruction’, declaring that while the Chief Minister and his coterie are ‘rising with surging assets’, the State itself is ‘closing’.

Speakers at a roundtable conference organised by the Telangana Knowledge Creation and Research Centre, under Director Gosula Srinivas Yadav, voiced concern over the situation in two years of Congress rule and faulted the victory celebrations.

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BRS leader Errolla Srinivas questioned the rationale behind the celebrations. “Are they celebrating the deaths of children in gurukul schools? Or the suicides of hundreds of farmers due to non-payment of Rythu Bandhu, Rythu Bima and bonuses?” he asked.

He said the Chief Minister, despite promising Praja Darbar, had avoided public interactions, and dissent was being suppressed, citing even journalists needing police permission to visit Reddy’s native village. Pointing to mounting debt, he demanded an account of how Rs 2.5 lakh crore loans were utilised.

‘Telangana is not rising. It’s closing’, he said, adding that while Congress leaders’ assets surged, the dreams of the poor, farmers and youth were shattered.

Former corporation chairman Palle Ravikumar alleged a conspiracy by the Chief Minister to undermine Telangana’s identity and hand Hyderabad to the Centre.

‘Under this tyrannical rule, Telangana is turning into a closing state’, he said, criticising intellectuals like Kodandaram and Akunuri Murali for remaining silent and accusing the government of creating insecurity among all sections.

He warned that attempts at merging areas under the guise of integration were meant to alienate Hyderabadis and favour outsiders.

MV Foundation convener R Venkata Reddy highlighted a steep fall in enrolment in government schools, from over 40 lakh to below 30 lakh, as parents shifted to private institutions.

“Without ministers for Education and Home, the system is limping,” he said.

Calling Vision-2047 hollow when children in Gadwal and Adilabad still lack access to schools, he said authorities were demolishing bastis in the name of Musi cleaning and HYDRAA operations.