Telangana Secretariat Shame: KTR Accuses Congress of Corruption, Challenges CM on Failed Promises
Governor’s Speech a Lie, Says KTR, as He Exposes Congress Misrule
Hyderabad: Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) Working President K. T. Rama Rao (KTR) launched a scathing attack on Telangana Governor Jishnu Dev Varma’s budget speech delivered in the state Assembly, labeling it a “Congress workers’ press meet” rather than a dignified address befitting the Governor’s office. In a fiery response to the governor’s speech on Wednesday, KTR accused the ruling Congress government, led by Chief Minister Revanth Reddy, of scripting the speech with “blatant lies, half-truths, and misleading statements” to mask 15 months of “miserable and utterly failed governance.”
KTR expressed dismay that the Governor’s address, instead of outlining new policies or addressing the status of Congress’s 420 election promises and six guarantees, appeared to serve as a mouthpiece for the party’s propaganda. “We expected the speech to be a confession of their disastrous rule,” he said, “but it felt like a press meet at Gandhi Bhavan.”
Highlighting what he called an “unprecedented and disgraceful incident,” KTR pointed to a recent protest by contractors outside Deputy Chief Minister Bhatti Vikramarka’s chamber in the Telangana Secretariat. He alleged that the contractors were demanding clearance of pending bills, claiming they were being coerced into paying a 20% commission. “This has never happened in any state secretariat in India,” he remarked, accusing the Congress government of prioritizing “commissions and corruption” over governance.
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KTR painted a grim picture of the state’s agrarian crisis, attributing it to the Congress government’s failures. He claimed that crops are drying up due to an worsening irrigation water crisis, with the Medigadda Barrage—part of the Kaleshwaram Lift Irrigation Project—left unrepaired for 15 months due to Revanth Reddy’s “blind hatred” for former Chief Minister K. Chandrashekar Rao (KCR). “Thousands of acres of crops have been destroyed, and farmers are forced to use their fields to graze cattle,” he said, questioning why the Governor’s speech ignored these pressing issues.
He further challenged the government’s claims of farm loan waivers, asserting that waivers have not exceeded 25-30% anywhere in the state. “Show me one village where 100% loan waivers have been implemented, and BRS leaders will resign,” KTR declared, noting the government’s silence on his challenge. He accused the Governor of falsely claiming that loan waivers were complete and that “lakhs of farmers are happy,” calling it a “fabricated lie.” Additionally, he dismissed assertions that the “Rythu Bandhu” scheme and a ₹12,000 annual benefit for laborers were being implemented, labeling them as further distortions.
KTR contrasted the financial management of the BRS and Congress regimes, noting that while KCR’s government borrowed ₹4.17 lakh crore over a decade—investing ₹4.5 lakh crore in farmer welfare schemes like Rythu Bandhu (₹73,000 crore), loan waivers (₹28,000 crore), free electricity, and irrigation projects—Revanth Reddy’s administration has borrowed ₹1.62 lakh crore in just one year without launching a single welfare scheme or infrastructure project. “Telangana became number one in paddy production under KCR, yet Revanth Reddy shamelessly takes credit,” he said.
He also debunked the government’s claim of securing ₹1.79 lakh crore in investments at the World Economic Forum in Davos, calling it an “absolute lie.” KTR pointed out that last year’s announced ₹40,000 crore in investments has yet to materialize, challenging the Chief Minister to release a white paper on actual investments received. He alleged that due to Congress’s incompetence, major projects secured during the BRS tenure—such as kanes (₹3,800 crore), Corning (₹1,000 crore), and Premier Energy (₹1,700 crore)—have shifted to Gujarat, Tamil Nadu, and Andhra Pradesh.
KTR accused the Congress of failing students by not providing overseas scholarships and neglecting Gurukul schools, where he claimed students are “starving” and 83 have died. “Not a single word of condolence was mentioned in the Governor’s speech,” he lamented. He also criticized the government for betraying the Backward Classes (BC) community with unfulfilled promises of a caste census and for suspending a Congress MLC who raised concerns about reservations.
In his closing remarks, KTR warned that the people of Telangana are beginning to see through the Congress government’s “deception” of farmers and its plunge into debt and corruption. “The Governor’s speech was an attempt to cover up these failures,” he said, predicting a strong public backlash when the time comes.
