At a packed NTR Stadium in Hyderabad on Wednesday, 4 November 2026, Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy made a direct appeal to the Yadav community — asking for their full partnership in transforming Hyderabad into a world-class city — while announcing that his government had officially recognised the Srikrishna Sadar Sammelan as a state festival and released Rs 5 crore in funds for it.

Four Flagship Projects and a Single Ask

Standing before a large gathering that included guests from multiple states, Revanth Reddy laid out the government's urban development roadmap in concrete terms: the Musi River rejuvenation, Metro Rail expansion, the Regional Ring Road, and the ambitious #BharatFutureCity project. Together, he argued, these initiatives would make Hyderabad a model city at the national level — but only with the community's active cooperation. He praised the Yadav community's historical role in Hyderabad's growth, saying they had welcomed people arriving from across the country for work and helped maintain peace and order in the city.

Sadar Sammelan Elevated to State Festival

One of the sharper political moments in the speech came when Revanth Reddy reminded the audience that the previous government had not held the Sadar Sammelan officially. 'As soon as our government was formed, on the request of the Yadav community, we issued orders recognising the Sadar Sammelan as a state festival,' he said. The release of Rs 5 crore for the festival — noted in the official post — underlined that this was more than symbolic recognition.

Caste Census and Representation in Government

Revanth Reddy also highlighted Telangana's caste census as a first-of-its-kind exercise aimed at proportional representation — 'we conducted the caste census with the goal of providing a share proportional to the population,' he explained. He pointed to the appointment of Eshwaramma Yadav as a member of the Yadagirigutta Sri Lakshmi Narasimha Swamy Temple Trust Board, and said her responsibilities had been extended to include the management of the Yadagirigutta goshala (cattle shelter) — a move clearly aimed at signalling community-specific inclusion.

Tejashwi Yadav and a Cross-State Platform

The event carried national weight beyond Hyderabad's boundaries. Tejashwi Yadav, former Deputy Chief Minister of Bihar and a prominent national face of Yadav politics, attended alongside MPs including Dharmendra Yadav from Uttar Pradesh, Dr. Mallu Ravi, and AK Yadav. Former Telangana Governor Bandaru Dattatreya and PCC president-cum-MLC B. Mahesh Goud were also present. The cross-state gathering transformed what could have been a local festival into a broader political statement about the Congress government's outreach to the Yadav community nationally.

With the Bharat Future City and metro expansion still on the drawing board, the real measure of Wednesday's event will be whether infrastructure promises translate into ground-level progress — and whether the caste census data finds its way into concrete policy, not just platforms.