KTR claims Telangana Budget deceiving women, farmers, elderly; only wants to make Delhi rich

Hyderabad: Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) working president KT Rama Rao (KTR) has slammed the Congress government’s latest Telangana Budget, calling it a complete betrayal of Telangana’s people who are left with ‘zero gains.’

KTR described it as a mirror reflecting chief minister A Revanth Reddy’s ‘inefficiency, incompetence, and administrative failure’, accusing the government of drowning the hopes of 4 crore people who trusted and voted for them.

‘Only focus is bags of money to Delhi’

Speaking to the media at the Assembly, KTR criticised the Congress for puncturing the wheel of progress built over a decade under BRS rule, alleging that their sole focus is sending ‘bags of money’ to Delhi rather than fulfilling promises made to Telangana.

He labelled it a ‘40 per cent commission budget’ that prioritises political greed over people’s welfare, vowing that BRS will fiercely oppose this ‘anti-people budget.’ KTR pointed out that the much-hyped six guarantees, promised within 100 days, have been reduced to nothing.

After Deputy Chief Minister and Finance Minister Bhatti Vikramarka’s hour-and-a-half speech, it became clear that these guarantees are a hollow chant of ‘Govinda Govinda.’ The Congress, he said, buried its own affidavit—once equated to the Bhagavad Gita—after winning votes with false promises.

‘Welfare schemes for women and farmers ignored’

“Telangana’s poor, women, farmers, and elderly awaited the budget with hope, but promises like Rs 2,500 monthly for women under Mahalakshmi, Rs 4,000 pensions for the elderly, and ‘tula of gold’ remain unmentioned, leaving these groups shocked and disappointed,” the BRS working president said.

Elaborating further, he said that the budget’s financial mismanagement drew sharp criticism. While the BRS government borrowed Rs 4.17 lakh crore over 10 years, Congress amassed Rs 1.6 lakh crore in just one year, with no new projects or schemes to justify it.

KTR mocked their ‘trillion-dollar economy’ claim, claiming they don’t even know how many zeros that entails, yet seem set on a ‘trillion-dollar debt.’ He blamed CM Revanth Reddy’s ‘negative policies’ and politics for a Rs 73,000 crore drop in state revenue, questioning why Bhatti Vikramarka’s ‘realistic budget’ failed to meet expectations when the CM himself admitted to this shortfall.

KTR accused Congress of backstabbing every section of society

Over 100 auto drivers committed suicide due to the free bus scheme, yet the promised Auto Drivers’ Welfare Board is absent from the budget, leaving eight lakh auto drivers statewide in distress. Rahul Gandhi’s assurances of a board for gig workers like Swiggy and Zomato employees and two lakh jobs in the first year remain unfulfilled, with unemployed youth laughing at the government’s claims of issuing appointment letters for BRS-era notifications.

“Weavers, who got Rs 1,200 crore under KCR, have been slashed to Rs 370 crore. Government employees, promised more than KCR’s 73% fitment, find no mention of PRC or five pending DAs. Farmers’ loan waivers are incomplete, with Congress dodging BRS’s challenge to prove 100% implementation in a single village. The Rs 12,000 aid for farm labourers is another broken promise, despite claims of starting it—KTR challenged them to show one village where it’s been delivered, saying he’s ready for any punishment if proven wrong.

Marginalised communities have been cheated too. The caste census underrepresented BCs, while promises of sheep for Yadavs, 25 per cent reservation in wine shops for Gouds, and Rs 12 lakh under Ambedkar Abhaya Hastam for Dalits were ignored.

“Hyderabad, under Revanth Reddy’s municipal oversight, has become a ‘ruined city’ with pending works piling up. Government hospitals lack basic medicines, and existing Gurukuls falter—83 students have died—yet the government boasts of new schools,” he said.

‘Telangana’s destruction’

KTR alleged that Congress’s priority is ‘Musi lootification’ to funnel funds to Delhi, escalating from a 20 per cent to a 40 per cent commission regime. He claimed they plan to distribute Rs 6,000 crore to Congress workers like ‘jaggery and dal,’ but warned that people won’t tolerate Telangana’s wealth being handed over. “This isn’t youth development; it’s Telangana’s destruction,” he said.

While farmers commit suicide, the government shamelessly organizes beauty contests and brags about it in the budget. KTR demanded they stop sending bags to Delhi and focus on farmers’ distress. The BRS leader called this a budget that buries welfare and erases development’s address. In 10 years, BRS borrowed Rs 40,000 crore annually, while Revanth Reddy’s one-year Rs 1.6 lakh crore debt has yielded nothing new, with more borrowing targeted.

KTR quipped, “If a lizard ripens, it becomes a chameleon; if a chameleon ripens, it becomes Revanth Reddy.” He warned that Congress is more dangerous than the Coronavirus, leaving no power supply or progress in its wake. The decade-strong economic foundation laid by BRS has crumbled in one year of Congress rule, plunging Telangana’s economy from the skies to the abyss, for which he held the party accountable.

BRS stands firm against this budget, which KTR said is a conspiracy to loot public money for party workers while ignoring people’s hardships—from auto drivers to farmers, all have been deceived. The party demands accountability and a shift from Delhi-centric corruption to addressing Telangana’s real needs, KTR said.