Telangana Congress govt unable to function without selling lands: KTR

Hyderabad: BRS working president KT Rama Rao has criticised chief minister A Revanth Reddy for allegedly bringing Telangana to a state where the government cannot function without selling off its lands.

He alleged that the Congress government is attempting to sell valuable lands in Hyderabad at dirt-cheap rates to raise Rs 30,000 crore. KTR pointed out that auctioning lands already mortgaged to banks is a clear sign of the government’s bankrupt policies.

‘CM Revanth went back on his promise’

He accused CM Revanth Reddy of going back on his promise made in the Assembly that the 400 acres of land in Gachibowli, under Serilingampally mandal of Rangareddy district, would not be sold, changing his stance faster than a chameleon.

KTR demanded that CM Revanth apologise publicly for deceiving the Assembly. He further stated that due to incoherent policies like HYDRAA and Musi demolitions, state revenue has dwindled, forcing the government to sell off public lands to generate income, reflecting the deplorable state of Revanth’s administration.

KTR highlighted that during the BRS regime, loans were taken to implement numerous welfare schemes and irrigation projects that supported farmers and the poor. He listed achievements such as Rs 73,000 crore under Rythu Bandhu for 70 lakh farmers, Rs 28,000 crore in loan waivers, Rs 6,000 crore for Rythu Bima, and Rs 5 lakh compensation for 1.11 lakh families.

Additionally, 24-hour free electricity for agriculture, irrigation projects like Kaleshwaram, Palamuru-Rangareddy, and Sitarama Sagar, the restoration of 45,000 lakes, 45 lakh Aasara pensions, KCR Kits, Kalyana Lakshmi, over 1,000 gurukul schools and 30 medical colleges were established, he noted.

‘Congress borrowed Rs 1.65 lakh crore’

KTR slammed Revanth Reddy, who once criticised BRS for taking loans, for making borrowing his ultimate goal since becoming CM.

He alleged that in just 15 months, the Congress government has borrowed over Rs 1.65 lakh crore. KTR challenged the government to show one good deed done for Telangana’s people with this money. He accused them of scrapping schemes like loan waivers, Rythu Bandhu, and Rythu Bima, imposing power cuts, neglecting gurukuls, stalling Kaleshwaram and Palamuru-Rangareddy projects, and pushing agriculture into a crisis. He also said that the government is responsible for the collapse of the Srisailam tunnel due to negligence.

Despite borrowing lakhs of crores, KTR said, the government hasn’t even moved a handful of soil or implemented a single scheme. He mocked CM Revanth Reddy for making empty promises in the streets while carrying bags of money to Delhi as his life’s mission.

KTR claimed that Telangana, a role model for the nation under KCR’s leadership, has been pushed into regression in just 15 months. He accused the Congress of making baseless allegations about loans in the past while now borrowing recklessly, asserting that the people of Telangana are witnessing the party’s deceitful nature.