Revanth Slams KCR’s ‘Good Days’ Again Comment

Nalgonda:Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy on Saturday criticised former chief minister and BRS president K. Chandrashekar Rao’s remark that “good days will come soon” for the party, asserting that good days had already arrived for the people of Telangana after the defeat of the BRS in the 2023 elections.

Addressing a public meeting titled ‘Praja Palana – Praja Vijayotsavam’ at Devarakonda in Nalgonda district, Revanth Reddy said Chandrashekar Rao once enjoyed the luxury of ministers waiting outside his residence for appointments, but today only a handful of sarpanches and ward members attended his gram panchayat election meetings. “KCR says good days will come soon. In reality, good days returned to the people with free power, free bus travel for women, loan waivers, new ration cards and fine rice distribution,” he said.

Revanth Reddy alleged that if the BRS was given another opportunity, Chandrashekar Rao would once again inflict hardships on the public. He accused Chandrashekar Rao’s family, his son, daughter and son-in-law, of large-scale corruption during the BRS regime and claimed that their greed did not stop even after pushing Telangana into a debt of ₹8 lakh crore.

Revanth Reddy criticised the previous government for not issuing new ration cards or adding new family members to existing cards during its 10-year tenure. He noted that Devarakonda constituency received 14,000 new ration cards, the highest in the state. Fine rice is being supplied to 3.1 crore beneficiaries, he said, describing this as the real “Indiramma Rajyam,” where the poor do not go hungry.

He pointed out that BJP-ruled states, including Gujarat, do not provide fine rice to ration card holders.

Tracing earlier welfare efforts, the Chief Minister reminded that the Y.S. Rajasekhar Reddy-led Congress government sanctioned 25 lakh Indiramma houses after coming to power in 2005. The BRS government scrapped the scheme for 10 years, depriving lakhs of poor families of housing benefits, he said. The present government has sanctioned four lakh Indiramma houses in one year with a budget of ₹22,000 crore, in addition to 25,000 houses for tribal and ITDA areas.

Revanth Reddy said the BRS lost the Lok Sabha, MLC and Jubilee Hills byelection, adding that Chandrashekar Rao’s “song” was enough to bury the party politically.

Listing the welfare measures implemented in the past two years, he said crop loans up to ₹2 lakh were waived, benefiting lakhs of farmers. He accused the BRS of failing to implement its own loan waiver and adding only interest burdens to farmers.

He announced that the Srisailam Left Bank Canal (SLBC) works would be completed before the next Assembly elections. He alleged that when eight workers died in an accident in the SLBC tunnel, Chandrashekar Rao and his son-in-law T. Harish Rao “danced with joy.” He said the Congress government would complete the SLBC project “even if Chandrashekar Rao and Harish Rao jump into Nagarjunasagar or Srisailam by tying themselves to a cliff.” He added that the Dindi Lift Irrigation Scheme would provide irrigation to Devarakonda farmers.

Assuring that the Congress would remain in power for the next 10 years, he asked people to remain confident about the state’s development path.

Responding to the concerns of Devarakonda MLA Balu Naik about poor road conditions, the Chief Minister promised BT roads from all thandas to mandal headquarters and a four-lane road from Devarakonda to Hyderabad. He said Telangana now ranks first in paddy production, law and order and education.

He approved ₹6 crore for the construction of a government junior college building in Devarakonda. He also promised that Ministers Adluri Laxman and Seethakka would visit Devarakonda this month to review development of the area hospital and PHCs at Chandampet and Konda Mallepally. A large statue of Sant Sevalal Maharaj would be installed at Maddimadugu, a major pilgrimage spot for tribal communities.

He urged people to vote for good candidates in the gram panchayat elections to ensure village development.

Earlier, the Chief Minister laid the foundation stone for underground drainage and CC drain works in Devarakonda.