Sabitha Indra Reddy alleges Congress is taking credit for BRS-era Koheda fruit market project

Former Minister P Sabitha Indra Reddy accused Chief Minister Revanth Reddy of politicising the Koheda Integrated Fruit Market project and claiming credit for a BRS-era initiative. She also questioned land acquisition decisions, farmer compensation and the government's development priorities

Hyderabad: BRSLP deputy leader and former Minister P Sabitha Indra Reddy castigated Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy for twisting facts to blame the BRS and attempting to cover up his failures, during the foundation-laying ceremony for the Koheda Integrated Fruit Market. She said the Chief Minister indulged into political criticism, rather than addressing public issues.

In a statement, Sabitha Indra Reddy asserted that the BRS government under K Chandrashekhar Rao had originally conceived the idea of an international-standard fruit market at Koheda, acquired nearly 300 acres of land and prepared a comprehensive roadmap for the project. However, she said the Congress, which earlier opposed shifting the market to Koheda when the BRS proposed developing a super-specialty hospital at the old Gaddiannaram market site, was now attempting to claim credit for the same project.

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“Congress is merely giving an old scheme a fresh coat of paint,” she remarked.

Firing salvos at the government, the BRSLP deputy leader sought an explanation for changing the market location despite land already being earmarked by the previous regime, and asked whom the originally allocated land would ultimately benefit. She also demanded that compensation be paid to farmers cultivating the present site before construction begins.

The former Minister maintained that the BRS never opposed development and recalled that the concept of the Regional Ring Road was initiated during the K Chandrashekhar Rao government. However, she alleged that the Congress government was acquiring fertile agricultural land for corporate and real estate interests without farmers’ consent.

She accused the government of abandoning key projects such as Pharma City while simultaneously pursuing the Bharat Future City project as a real estate venture. Referring to Revanth Reddy’s earlier criticism of Pharma City, she asked whether he could categorically assure the public that no pharmaceutical industries would be established in the same area under the new project.

Sabitha Reddy also defended the Kaleshwaram and Palamuru-Rangareddy Lift Irrigation projects, stating that they had transformed Telangana into the country’s leading paddy-producing State by providing irrigation and recharging groundwater. She said allegations that these projects failed to deliver water, amounted to an insult to both farmers and the previous government.

Accusing the Congress of failing to implement its Six Guarantees, delaying farm loan waivers, neglecting Rythu Bharosa and disappointing unemployed youth, the former Minister said Revanth Reddy targeted BRS leaders at Koheda only to divert attention from his government’s shortcomings. She asserted that the BRS would continue to question anti-people policies of the Congress government.