KTR Challenges Congress on 24-Hour Power Supply, Threatens Resignation of BRS MLAs
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Hyderabad, Dec 21 (NationPress) Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) Working President K. T. Rama Rao announced on Saturday in the Telangana State Assembly that all BRS MLAs will step down if the Congress government can substantiate its claim of providing 24-hour electricity to farmers or demonstrate that it has waived loans for all farmers.
He asserted that the Congress government is making false assertions about delivering uninterrupted power around the clock.
During discussions on Rythu Bharosa, the BRS leader challenged Minister for Roads and Buildings Komatireddy Venkat Reddy to accompany him to Nalgonda district. "If you can show us even one log book indicating that 24-hour power is being supplied, all MLAs will resign," he stated.
In a similar vein, KTR, as Rama Rao is commonly known, invited the minister to visit any village in Kodangal or Sircilla constituency to verify farm loan waivers. "If you can demonstrate that loans for 100 percent of farmers were waived in even one village, I will resign as MLA and retire from politics," he challenged.
The BRS leader criticized the Congress government for inadequately implementing the Rythu Bandhu scheme initiated by the previous BRS government.
KTR highlighted that the Congress had pledged to enhance investment support for farmers under Rythu Bharosa but has failed to deliver assistance even under the current scheme.
He pointed out that the BRS launched Rythu Bandhu to expand the cultivated area. Citing government data, he noted that the area under cultivation in the state increased from 1.41 crore acres in 2019-20 to 2.04 crore acres in 2020-21.
KTR stated that upon assuming power in 2014, Telangana had the second-highest rate of farmer suicides in the nation. He claimed that due to the initiatives taken by the BRS over the past decade, the rate of farmer suicides dropped from 11.1 percent to 1.5 percent.
The BRS leader accused the government of planning to impose cuts under the Rythu Bharosa scheme.
He called for extending the Assembly session by 10 days to facilitate a thorough discussion on electricity, irrigation, and Mission Bhagiratha.
This debate featured a lively exchange of challenges between BRS and Congress MLAs.
Minister Venkat Reddy countered the BRS by challenging them to prove that every household received drinking water under Mission Bhagiratha during their administration, asserting he would abstain from seeking votes in the next elections.
He accused the initiative of incurring Rs 50,000 crore in corruption. In response, BRS MLA and former minister Harish Rao clarified that the total cost of the initiative was only Rs 28,000 crore.
Earlier, Minister for Agriculture Tummala Nageswara Rao mentioned that the government has yet to establish the guidelines, which will be formulated after consulting the legislators.
