BRS chief and former chief minister K Chandrashekhar Rao deplored that the State of Telangana was reduced to shambles in just five months after the Congress came to power and now it was a paradise lost.
Addressing a massively attended roadshow at Mancherial as part of his ongoing election campaign, KCR appealed to the people to help stall the backward streak the State was going through in the development process.
Urging the people to lend their support to the BRS and to stand by the party to revive the dwindling fortunes of the State and its people, he lashed out at Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy for going all out to erase even the indelible imprints of the BRS rule.
He ridiculed Revanth Reddy’s proposed plans of the State government to go for another reorganisation of districts. As he asked the people whether they were prepared to forgo the newly formed districts of Nirmal, Asifabad and Mancherial, the crowd roared back with a firm ‘No’.
As for the damage already done, Chandrashekhar Rao pointed out how power cuts were back and how a drinking water crisis, which was unusual in the State during the BRS rule, was a reality now. He expressed concern that farmers were deprived of irrigation support as projects had gone dry.
He deplored that the government is not bothering about welfare of the people, KCR said that people had ceased to receive any support from the Chief Minister’s Relief Fund. Kalyana Lakshmi cheques presented so long on the wedding day in support of brides had become a thing of the past. The Chennur lift irrigation scheme was stopped, he added.
KCR lamented that even street lights were in a state of neglect and gram panchayats were deprived of fund support while the free bus travel for women was implemented haphazardly, leading to women resorting to fisticuffs to find a seat, while the scheme had left auto drivers jobless.
The leader of opposition deplored that due to government’s criminal negligence, many were resorting to suicides. The situation had turned the people against the Congress and surveys were now making it pretty clear that the resurgence of the BRS was on the cards, he added.