The BRS working president asked why was Congress government not questioning the union government on direct allocations of mines (exempting from auctioning) to PSUs in Gujarat and Orissa by NDA government?
The current Congress administration is being criticised for not mounting a strong defence against the Centre's plans, unlike the previous BRS government, paving way for privatisation.
BRS corporators strongly objected to the Mayor's changing of loyalty by joining Congress from BRS and shouted slogans displaying placards while the meeting was going on.
He alleged that the former Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao has promised to solve the journalists’ problems but not a single problem has been solved.
Harish Rao pointed to the brutal killing of G Sanjeev in Utkuru mandal of Narayanapet district, and the public stabbing of Sameer in Hyderabad's Balapur as alarming examples of increasing violence.
As for the allegations on cost variations leading to losses, experts point out that the variation was due to various charges including wheeling and transmission charges.
They were last hiked in March 2022 and officials have now proposed to increase them again. This time, the prices are expected to surge 20-25% on different brands, while the cost of beers is likely to be hiked by Rs 10-Rs 15.
Coming down heavily on the Chief Minister, the BJP MLA alleged that the Chief Minister was more busy in collecting commissions rather than concentrating on administration of the State.
He was responding to former Minister T Harish Rao’s remarks that Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy should learn from Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu in increasing pensions.
The crop loan waiver is a key component of the Congress government's six guarantees. The State government faces a burden of approximately Rs 32,000 crore to waive all pending crop loans till the last Rabi season.
Condemning the Karnataka government’s decision to increase the fuel prices, the Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) is demanding the Congress government in Telangana not to increase fuel prices.