‘Save Telangana, vote for BJP’: Ramchander Rao targets Congress, BRS over debt

Hyderabad: BJP Telangana president Ramchander Rao alleged that Telangana had slipped from a prosperous state into a debt-ridden one under successive BRS and Congress governments.

Rao made the remarks while delivering a PowerPoint presentation under the slogan “Save Telangana, Vote for BJP”. On the occasion, he also released a campaign song titled Save Telangana. Addressing party workers, he alleged that the BRS looted the state for ten years and said Congress leaders were now following the same path.

He said the scale of corruption during the decade-long BRS rule would become evident if party leaders answered questions. According to him, questioning Congress ministers would similarly expose irregularities during the last two-and-a-half years. Rao asserted that the Congress and BRS were no different and accused both parties of plundering public money.

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Highlighting fiscal concerns, Rao said municipalities across Telangana together carried a debt burden of ₹3,600 crore. He alleged that tax terrorism prevailed in the state and criticised the Congress government for offering free bus travel for women while operating what he described as dilapidated buses.

Rao further claimed that the Congress government, despite not completing three years in office, had already pushed the state into ₹80,000 crore of debt.

Later, Union Minister G. Kishan Reddy accused the Congress of relying on the sale of government lands and excessive borrowing. He alleged that the Congress and Bharat Rashtra Samithi together had turned a wealthy state into a debt-laden one.

Kishan Reddy said the state government lacked funds even to maintain streetlights. He questioned why Telangana had no new airports while neighbouring Andhra Pradesh had several. Referring to the BRS rule, he alleged that the party focused on looting rather than development during its decade in power.

He also claimed Telangana had become a “golden goose” for the Congress, alleging that funds were diverted from the state for elections elsewhere. Kishan Reddy said only the BJP could protect Telangana and asserted that voting for the party would restore the state’s prosperity.