KTR blames CM Revanth Reddy for Metro exit, Group-1 scams
HYDERABAD: Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) working president K. T. Rama Rao on September 17 accused Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy of running Telangana in a dictatorial manner and failing to deliver on governance. Addressing reporters at Telangana Bhavan, KTR levelled allegations ranging from harassment of companies to nepotism and collapse of law and order.
Criticises Congress over drugs scandal, Group-1 exams, law & order
He said that the authorities did not allow students and Group-1 aspirants to hold meetings. KTR alleged that Larsen & Toubro decided to quit the Hyderabad Metro Rail project due to harassment and extortion by the government. He claimed that the government awarded contracts worth hundreds of crores to close associates, contradicting claims of a nepotism-free administration.
He accused the CM of targeting Sircilla leaders to settle personal scores, which damaged the handloom sector. Referring to drugs worth ₹12,000 crore that authorities seized in Telangana, he said the CM had no information. “It is shameful that Telangana has become the country’s second largest hub for narcotics,” he remarked.
On defected MLAs, KTR likened them to “rats trapped in a basket” and dared the government to conduct bypolls. He alleged that the government altered the Regional Ring Road alignment to benefit lands linked to political families and said that scrapping the Airport Expressway hurt IT sector growth.
KTR also targeted the government over Group-1 exam irregularities, alleging that individuals sold jobs for ₹3 crore each. He said the youth would bring down the CM for betraying their trust andcriticized the Congress for poor law and order, citing two recent murders in Hyderabad, and questioned the conditions in the BC declaration.
He ended by mocking that someone should change the Congress symbol from the hand to a bulldozer.
