Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) working president KT Rama Rao declared on Saturday that after twenty-two months in office, the Congress government in Telangana had failed to fulfil a single election promise. He was speaking to the media following the launch of the BRS's new statewide ‘Congress Dues Card’ campaign.
BRS leaders stated that the Congress had issued 'Guarantee Cards', assuring the implementation of six guarantees within 100 days. They pointed out that even after 700 days, none of these six guarantees have been delivered. As part of their campaign, the BRS announced they would be distributing two crore 'Congress Dues Cards' across the state.
KTR explained that the campaign aims to expose what Congress owes to every segment of society. “Congress today owes significant money to every single person in Telangana,” KTR said. “Farmers were promised their guarantee cards... After twenty-two months, not a single promise has been delivered by the Congress government.”
“Today, we have released a Congress Dues Card. We are trying to expose what Congress owes to each section of society. We are trying to take this card to everyone in Telangana,” he added.
With local body elections in the state fast approaching, the BRS has significantly intensified its criticism of the Congress administration.
On Friday, KTR alleged that Telangana Chief Minister Revanth Reddy’s personal vendetta, arrogance, and dictatorial tendencies forced the construction company engaged in the Hyderabad Metro project to abruptly pull out, according to a party release.
The BRS release quoted KTR criticising the government for what he called an irresponsible and reckless decision, which has saddled the state’s people with a staggering ₹15,000 crore debt burden overnight.
“L&T’s willingness to repair the Medigadda barrage at its own expense, thereby preventing Revanth Reddy’s propaganda of portraying Kaleshwaram as a 'failure,' became the root cause of the Chief Minister’s grudge against the company,” KTR asserted. “From that point onwards, the government targeted and harassed L&T until it was driven out of the state.”
Speaking to the media at Telangana Bhavan, KTR detailed what he termed the conspiracies and failures of the Congress government that led to the company’s exit. He recalled how the BRS government had supported and safeguarded the Metro project from 2014 onwards, when only 20–25 per cent of the work had been completed. “With the personal assurance of then CM KCR, L&T accelerated works, leading to the inauguration of the first phase by PM Modi in 2017,” he claimed.
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