While addressing party leaders in Bengaluru on Thursday, the AICC chief urged the party to announce guarantees aligned with the State budget. This warning seems to reflect lessons learned from the situation in Telangana, where the Congress government has only fulfilled a few promises, such as free bus travel for women and raising the Rajiv Arogyasri coverage to Rs. 10 lakh, while many other commitments remain unfulfilled.
KT Rama Rao expressed concern over Congress’s track record of “guarantees” in Karnataka, warning that similar actions in Telangana could have far-reaching negative impacts on future generations
"My sources say the Congress high command has already started the exercise to choose a new Chief Minister for Telangana, said BJP LP leader A Maheshwar Reddy
Congress MLC T Jeevan Reddy said that the State leadership was encouraging defections into the party, was against the AICC’s policies and that such steps were leaving local leaders in distress
BRS leaders Pagadala Nagaraju and Gundala Krishna questioned the purpose of installing the statue of a Congress party leader despite public opposition.
Posting a video of 75 houses of the poor demolished in Mahbubnagar, Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy’s own district at 3 am recently, making several destitute families shelterless without any prior notices, he said 25 of the houses raged were those of physically disabled.
Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) leader Dasoju Sravan on Thursday said the Telugu Thalli statue represented the unique identity of Telangana and it should be installed where it was proposed originally.
Here is an open letter to AICC leader Rahul Gandhi, by intellectuals from different sections of Telangana society, opposing the State government’s decision to install Rajiv Gandhi’s statue in front of Telangana Secretariat
Stating that the defection of MLAs was being encouraged after getting the AICC's approval, Goud said the MLAs were not being compelled nor were they being assured any posts.
