Rao: Rahul Gandhi’s ‘Brain Theft,’ Not Vote Theft

HYDERABAD: BJP Telangana president N. Ramchander Rao on Sunday attacked the ruling Congress, calling it a party of broken promises, failures and deliberate misinformation. Speaking at a booth-level workers’ meeting in Nizamabad, he dismissed Congress’s recurring allegation of “vote theft” against the BJP as baseless.

“If the BJP won elections through vote theft, how did Congress win the Assembly polls and eight Lok Sabha seats with the same voter list and the same Election Commission machinery? This is not vote theft — it is brain theft by Rahul Gandhi,” Rao said.

Rao contrasted Modi’s governance at the Centre with what he termed Congress’s misrule in Telangana. He cited major projects of the NDA government—the RS 3,000-crore Nizamabad–Nirmal–Adilabad railway line, new national highways and the establishment of the Turmeric Board, which he credited to the relentless efforts of BJP MP Dharmapuri Arvind. He also reminded that under the PM-Kisan Samman Nidhi, Rs 6,000 was credited directly into the accounts of 32 lakh Telangana farmers.

By contrast, Rao said, the Congress government has “betrayed every section of society.” He accused it of dismantling Rythu Bandhu, cheating lakhs of students by failing to reimburse fees, and not delivering on its tall promise of building 3,500 houses per constituency. “After 20 months, Congress has nothing to showcase—only lies, excuses and propaganda,” he averred.

On fertiliser shortages, he called the Congress campaign a “manufactured lie.” “The BJP government ensured full supply of urea, and even district collectors have confirmed there is no scarcity,” he said.

Accusing BRS and Congress of being “two sides of the same corrupt coin,” Rao recalled how BRS policies led to farmer suicides and anti-farmer decisions. He alleged that both parties now routinely blame the Centre to mask their failures.

He also accused Congress of deliberately delaying local body elections out of fear of defeat, and criticised its leaders for demeaning Prime Minister Modi by calling him a “converted BC” and Union Minister Bandi Sanjay a “Deshmukh.” “Congress should first look inwards—its leaders are queuing up to join the BJP,” he retorted.

Demanding accountability, Rao dared Congress to hand over the Kaleshwaram irrigation scam and the BRS phone tapping scandal to the CBI. “Those who shielded BRS in the vote-for-note case are now colluding with it to bury the phone tapping scam. Both parties are hand-in-glove, protecting each other’s crimes,” he said.

Rao concluded that Telangana’s future lies only with the BJP. “For real development, Telangana needs a BJP government. Only the BJP can deliver a Golden, truly democratic Telangana. The people are ready for change in 2028—and that change will be saffron,” he declared.