Revanth Challenges opposition on performance

Telangana Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy said on Sunday that the state government is ready to hold a special session of the Assembly and Legislative Council to debate the performance of the 10 years of BRS rule, the BJP's 12-year dispensation at the Centre and the two-and-a-half years of Congress government in the state.

Addressing a public meeting after laying foundation stones for a slew of development projects in Nalgonda, the Chief Minister said that the government is ready to convene special sessions of the Legislative Assembly and the Legislative Council and debate the performance of the three political parties in power.

He also dared BRS and BJP to debate on their manifestos.

The Chief Minister demanded that the opposition parties write a letter to the Speaker and the Council Chairman for convening a special session.

In a scathing attack on the Opposition for obstructing the Musi Rejuvenation Project, CM Revanth Reddy reaffirmed that he would complete the project.

He warned that those who create hurdles for the Musi project will be dumped in the same river. He stated that pollution from the Musi River was causing women in Nalgonda to give birth to children with eye and limb deformities.

The CM launched a broadside at BRS President K. Chandrasekhar Rao and BRS leaders K.T. Rama Rao and Harish Rao for spreading “canards” against the government. “Not a single woman was given a ministerial post during the first five-year rule of BRS, and women have not forgotten this,” he said.

CM Revanth Reddy ridiculed the claims by BRS leaders that they will come back to power.

“How should we deal with those who listen to private phone conversations between husbands and wives? Should such a monstrous sinner return to power? Should those who amassed crores by leaking question papers return? Should the leaders who had the poor beaten up for demanding ration cards return to power?” he asked.

The Chief Minister also questioned the opposition for not constructing houses for the poor.

“KCR built a 1,000-acre farmhouse in Gajwel, KTR in Janwada, and his daughter built farmhouses in Shankarpalli. Had houses been provided over the last 10 years, 25 lakh poor people would have received homes. The BRS leaders dreamt of only ‘Gadi’ (feudal mansions) and farmhouses. The Congress government provided 4.5 lakh houses to the poor. ‘Indiramma Houses' represent the self-respect of the poor,” he said.

Revanth Reddy remarked that under the Congress rule, the poor are also eating the same fine rice that KCR and KTR consume. He also alleged that the BRS government did not issue a single ration card in 10 years. “Our government has distributed lakhs of ration cards. The previous government supplied coarse rice to the poor, which was used as fodder for cattle. Now, we are supplying fine rice—at an allocation of 6 kg per person—to 3.28 crore people at a cost of Rs 16,000 crore every year.”