BRS to take Congress Govt to cleaners, Assembly Budget session from tomorrow

With the Telangana Assembly Budget session set to begin on Wednesday, BRS president and Leader of Opposition K Chandrashekhar Rao on Tuesday directed party legislators to go for a no holds barred attack on the Congress government, holding it accountable for its unfulfilled poll promises, including the much-touted six guarantees.

Stating that the Congress was given 15 months to get its act right, he pointed out the growing discontent among all sections of the public and asked the MLAs to question the ruling party on the worsening conditions across the State. During a three-hour marathon meeting of the BRS Legislature Party (BRSLP) held at Telangana Bhavan on Tuesday, Chandrashekhar Rao outlined a hard-hitting strategy to take on the Congress, focusing on farmer distress, power shortages, irrigation failures and unfulfilled welfare schemes that had left every section of the public upset. He wanted the party legislators to corner the government on the drying up of crops, burning of motors, lack of irrigation water, drinking water shortage and the poor conditions in Gurukul schools and public services as well.

Significantly, Chandrashekhar Rao is set to return to the Assembly after nearly a



year, a move seen as a direct challenge to the Congress government. He asked the party legislators to push for discussions in both the Assembly and the Council on BC reservations, SC classification, and issues like pending DA arrears and PRC implementation for the State government employees, and the stalled Dalit Bandhu disbursals and overseas scholarships. The BRS will question the government on the stoppage of distribution of the sheep and fishling schemes.

The former Chief Minister also hit back at the Congress government’s investigation into the Kaleshwaram project and power sector, hinting at a counterattack on water disputes with Andhra Pradesh and irrigation projects. He directed MLAs to move adjournment motions on pressing issues including withering crops, inter-State river disputes, the SLBC tunnel collapse and other issues plaguing the State, to expose the Congress’s failures in governance.

All the legislators were instructed to attend the session, fully prepared on the subjects assigned to them and corner the government. They were also asked to effectively counter the false propaganda being spread by the Congress against the previous BRS regime over development of the State.