The Telangana High Court Division Bench has stayed a Single Judge’s interim order that suspended the State’s Kalyana Lakshmi and Shaadi Mubarak marriage assistance schemes. The Bench, hearing the State’s appeal, questioned the petitioner’s locus standi and noted that no Comptroller and Auditor General report had declared the schemes unconstitutional, though irregular expenditure of Rs 94 crore was flagged.
The Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) staged massive protests across Telangana against the Congress government’s 1,000-day rule, accusing it of failing to deliver six guarantees and 420 poll promises. Party cadres organised rallies, dharnas, human chains and distributed “Congress Baaki Cards” to highlight unfulfilled commitments.
The Telangana High Court questioned the State government's financial priorities while hearing a plea challenging Kalyana Lakshmi and Shaadi Mubarak schemes. The Court sought details of Telangana's debt, scheme funding and unpaid dues, while retaining its interim stay on disbursements
BRS cadres staged protests across Khammam and Kothagudem districts against an alleged attempt to cancel the Kalyana Lakshmi and Shaadi Mubarak schemes. Party leaders demanded immediate steps to implement the schemes and criticised the Congress government over the issue
BC Welfare Minister Ponnam Prabhakar said the Telangana government would investigate the delay in Kalyana Lakshmi scheme benefits and fix responsibility for any lapse. He said the scheme had not been scrapped and the government was pursuing legal remedies
BRS working president KT Rama Rao has accused the Congress government of conspiring to scrap the Kalyana Lakshmi scheme under the pretext of a High Court verdict. He urged party leaders and cadres to stage protests across the state, warning that any attempt to halt the scheme would invite strong public backlash.
BRS general secretary RS Praveen Kumar alleged that the Congress government was conspiring to scrap Kalyana Lakshmi and Shaadi Mubarak schemes. He questioned its failure to file a counter-affidavit and defend the welfare programmes in the High Court.
Attapur police arrested six persons, including a special revenue inspector, for allegedly claiming benefits under the Shaadi Mubarak scheme using fake documents. The accused reportedly secured Rs 21 lakh through fraudulent applications and shared the proceeds among themselves and accomplices
Former Minister T. Harish Rao, while campaigning in Jubilee Hills, accused the Congress government of failing to deliver on its election promises and urged voters to defeat it in the upcoming bypoll. He highlighted unfulfilled schemes, alleged vote-buying, and neglect of minority welfare.
Zaheerabad MLA K Manik Rao urged Speaker Gaddam Prasad to instruct the government to release funds for the Kalyana Lakshmi and Shaadi Mubarak schemes in Zaheerabad.
