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Senior leaders including Harish Rao, Kavitha, Vemula Prashanth Reddy, KP Vivekananda and several others placed under house arrest

A group of BRS leaders and activists led by former zilla parishad chairman Lingala Kamal Raju were stopped at the school entrance when they tried to visit the school as part of ‘Gurukul Bata’ programme being organised across the State to know the conditions at the residential schools.

Jagadish Reddy and the other leaders had attempted to meet Kaushik Reddy but were stopped and later placed under arrest

Jagadish Reddy slammed the Chief Minister and his Ministers for taking no action to avoid delay in procurement of cotton and paddy

Finding fault with selective leaks to the media on the report of the inquiry commission on electricity in this regard, he asked whether the Congress had the courage to jail Chandrashekhar Rao over the allegations

Speaking at Telangana Bhavan on Wednesday, Jagadish Reddy voiced his support for the people of Ramannapet, opposing the Ambuja cement factory project. He warned that the project would devastate the local environment, stating, "If the Ambuja cement factory is allowed, Ramannapet mandal will become barren, and even animals will be deprived of grass to eat." His remarks echoed public concerns about the impact on agriculture and water resources.

Speaking to reporters at Telangana Bhavan, Rama Rao described the nine proposals put forth by the discoms as highly detrimental to both domestic and industrial consumers. He highlighted that the discoms plan to raise fixed charges for households consuming more than 300 units per month from Rs. 10 to Rs. 50. "This isn’t just a tariff hike; it will push ordinary families into financial distress due to rising power consumption," he warned.

Chiluka Praveen Kumar, a journalist was attacked by Congress workers when he was returning home after completing the news session in the studio.

BRS leaders demanded swift action against the attackers, holding the Congress government responsible for creating an environment of fear and political vendetta.

The former Minister highlighted that despite the Congress party’s lavish promises, none had been implemented, prompting farmers from all over the State to seek the attention and support of the BRS chief

Jagadish Reddy demands government to clarify about final date for completing loan waiver of Rs 31,000 crore as approved by State Cabinet

He said while around 90 per cent of the project was completed by the K Chandrashekhar Rao government, the Congress Ministers got an opportunity to inaugurate it.

BRS member and former Energy Minister G Jagadish Reddy alleged that the Congress was trying to discredit the efforts of the BRS in strengthening the power sector in the State.

Pandemonium prevailed in the House as there were heated exchanges between the two leaders during discussion on demand for grants.

BRS MLA Jagadish Reddy said the Chief Minister had made a vain bid to mislead people claiming that the previous government had signed an agreement with the Centre to install meters to agriculture services.

Addressing a news conference at Telangana Bhavan, he said the subsidies extended to the different categories of consumers during the BRS regime would soon be a thing of the past as the Congress government was out to cut down the burden on the exchequer in every possible way.

Replying to what he said a "communication" received from the Commission, he said the allegations levelled against the BRS government in respect of the PPAs as well as the construction of new power plants were politically motivated.

He asked them to be patient and work together to win back people's support.

"I will provide all the information I have to the Electricity Commission and expose the mistakes of those who testified," the former Energy Minister said.

He said the people would understand that his meek surrender to the Congress leadership owed to crumbs of cheap favours.