‘A good riddance’

Taking a jibe at BRS President K. Chandrasekhar Rao’s comments that the people of Telangana have realised what they lost after the defeat of the BRS in the 2023 Assembly polls, Chief Minister Revanth Reddy said that the people have lost nothing and do not need KCR.
“What have they (the people) lost? Four people in your (KCR’s) family lost their jobs. Did the Telangana people lose anything? No one is worried about your (KCR’s) absenteeism. The people of Telangana have already forgotten you (KCR). They do not need your services. I hope you will change and that you will support the Congress government as it is doing good things for the state. I request you to give suggestions if we are making mistakes. We have seen absentees in schools. Now we are witnessing a strange situation in Telangana as the opposition leader is not attending Assembly sessions,” the CM said.
Launching a veiled attack on BRS Working President KT Rama Rao over a case registered against his brother-in-law after a “raid” at the latter’s farmhouse, the CM said that they were celebrating Diwali with liquor and cocaine instead of firecrackers.
“Who should be our role models? Those who fought for Independence and for Telangana statehood, or those who consume drugs in farmhouses? The people of Telangana need to think,” he said.
Speaking at a function held here on Monday at which appointment letters were distributed to newly recruited Assistant Motor Vehicle Inspectors, the CM without naming KCR, said that the people are not facing any problems due to the former CM’s absence in the Assembly.
Highlighting the Congress government’s schemes, he said that in the last 10 months, thousands had secured jobs, loans of around 22 lakh farmers amounting to Rs 18,000 crore have been waived, over one crore women are travelling free in state buses, the poor are getting free electricity up to 200 units, and poor women are getting LPG cylinders for Rs 500.
The Congress government had also conducted the Group-1 services exam, the first after 2011, he said and added that soon 563 officers would be appointed.
Revanth also mentioned steps to build new hospitals and initiatives in education and said that the people had received all these benefits due to the “reconstruction of Telangana.”
The CM added that the Transport Department should take tougher measures to check the smuggling of narcotics by road. He also said that 50,000 vacancies in government service have been filled after the Congress government assumed office in December 2023.
KCR constructed the secretariat and Pragati Bhavan for ‘Vaastu’ reasons. No residential school was built during KCR’s rule, the CM said.
He said that the Congress Government has started the construction of Young India Residential Schools in 100 constituencies. We are providing ‘quality’ education which will build a strong Telangana, he said.