The initiative, launched at Telangana Bhavan on Friday, is being positioned as a direct counter to the Congress party's much-publicised "Guarantee Card" issued during the 2023 Assembly elections
Hyderabad: The BRS, gearing up for the expected local body elections, and the bypoll to the Jubilee Hills Assembly seat, on Saturday launched a ‘Congress baaki (debt) card’ listing out the promises made to the people by the ruling party.
“The promises made by Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy and Deputy CM Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka, who signed bond papers vowing to implement the Congress’ election promises, have not been kept. There is a trail of debts that the Congress owes to the people,” BRS working president K.T. Rama Rao said. He was speaking after launching the campaign along with senior party leader T. Harish Rao and former ministers in the then BRS government.
“These cards will be distributed to every household. People should question Congress leaders when they come seeking votes on the unkept promises,” he said.
Rama Rao said “the false promises made by Congress before the elections are now weapons in the hands of the people. People should question Congress leaders on the failed promises when they come seeking votes in the upcoming panchayat and Jubilee Hills by-elections.”
Complimenting Rama Rao for the card campaign, Harish Rao said the guarantee cards of the Congress had turned into mere gossip cards. “Revanth and Bhatti signed on the Congress promises claiming they will be fulfilled in 100 days. It is now 700 days. As the principal opposition party, it is the BRS’ responsibility to hold the government accountable,” he said.
“The day is not far off when people will revolt against the Revanth government. He must realize that he cannot run the government forever based on lies and deception,” Harish Rao said.
The card mentions farm loan waivers, assistance to farmers, social welfare pensions, gold for girls at the time of their wedding, land for statehood activists, scooters for girls and assistance for autorickshaw drivers, students and women.
