Questioning Bharat Rashtra Samiti’s (BRS) silence on the demand for the resignation of Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan, Telangana Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy alleged a tacit understanding between the BRS and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
Mr. Reddy alleged that the BRS had helped the BJP electorally, pointing to the BJP’s performance in Lok Sabha elections in Siddipet, Gajwel and Sircilla, represented in the Assembly by BRS senior leadership T. Harish Rao, KTR and the party president K. Chandrashekar Rao.
In an informal chat with reporters at the State Assembly, he referred to the Intermediate examination paper evaluation controversy during the previous BRS regime. He alleged that 27 students had died by suicide because answer scripts were not evaluated properly.
He alleged that the company responsible for the fiasco, Globerena, was a benami of Mr KTR and sought an apology from him for the fiasco. On the BRS plans to hold a dharna at the Dharna Chowk, he reminded that Congress had opened it while the BRS closed the dharna chowk to suppress people’s voice.
Defending his government’s initiatives, including the Socio-Economic, Educational, Employment, Political and Caste (SEEEPC) survey 2024, Hyderabad Disaster Response and Asset Protection Agency’s (HYDRAA) operations, recruitment drive and the decision to order a CBI inquiry into the Kaleshwaram Lift Irrigation Project, the Chief Minister praised HYDRAA for effectively protecting government lands and restoring lakes.
Mr. Reddy described the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls as a crucial exercise and urged eligible voters to ensure that their names remained on the rolls. He said deletion of names from electoral rolls could also deprive people of access to welfare schemes.
He said so far, 70% of the work is done, and the remaining 30% voters have to be mapped, and that was crucial. He alleged that the revision exercise could disproportionately affect Dalit and tribal voters in villages and claimed that it was aimed at weakening the Congress vote bank. He said he had transferred his own vote to Kodangal while refuting the controversy over two votes.
On the Kaleshwaram project, Mr. Reddy reiterated that the government had referred the matter to the CBI based on the findings of the Justice P.C. Ghose Commission and the National Dam Safety Authority (NDSA). He said the NDSA Chairman had personally inspected the project and experts had recommended against lifting the barrage gates.
Mr. Reddy argued that another dam would have to be constructed near Medigadda if the water was to be stored and asserted that the Kannapalli pump house had been built during Mr. Harish Rao’s tenure as Irrigation Minister and he should own for its failure.
He also claimed that all pumps in the Devadula Lift Irrigation Scheme were functioning and defended the government’s handling of irrigation infrastructure.
Highlighting the government’s employment initiatives, the Chief Minister challenged KTR to raise the issue of recruitment in the Assembly, and he was prepared to furnish a list of appointments made by the government. He said the government had filled 11,000 teacher posts within 55 days.
Inspects Assembly repair works
Earlier, he inspected the ongoing repair and restoration works at the Telangana Legislative Assembly building and gathered details from officials on the progress of the works. Assembly Speaker Gaddam Prasad Kumar, Minister Adluri Lakshman were among present.
Published - July 23, 2026 04:29 pm IST