Deputy Chief Minister Bhatti Vikramarka expressed his anger that the previous government led by former CM KCR had incurred debts without any financial discipline. He questioned that the BRS government had spent a total of Rs. 16.70 lakh crores in the last 10 years and what had been built with that amount?
Speaking in the Legislative Assembly during the debate on the budget, he lashed out at the previous government’s governance. Was Nagarjuna Sagar built with Rs. 16.70 lakh crores? Was SRSP built? Was ORR built? Was the airport built?, he asked.
He ridiculed that Rs. 1 lakh crores were spent on Kaleshwaram alone, but it was collapsed. He said that Rs. 77,000 crores were owed to Singareni, and that in 10 years, had two-bedroom houses been built in any village? He said that the CAG itself revealed that Rs.2.30 lakh crores were spent without the approval of the Assembly.
“Rs.2.30 lakh crores were spent without the approval of the Legislative Assembly. The CAG itself revealed this. Debts were incurred without financial discipline. In the last 10 years, the BRS government spent a total of Rs.16.70 lakh crores. What did the BRS build that spent Rs.16.70 lakh crores?”, Vikramarka asked.
Bhatti alleged that the previous government never spent the funds completely, and despite setting a huge budget, the funds were not spent completely. He criticized that Rs. 8,000 crores were not spent in 2016-17, Rs. 40,000 crores in 2018-19, Rs. 48,000 crores in 2021-22, more than Rs. 52,000 crores in 2022-23, and Rs. 58,571 crores in 2023-24.
The Deputy Chief Minister alleged that the ORR was sold for a period of 30 years for just Rs. 7,000 crores, that the government lands were sold in the form of the ORR, which was in disrepair. He also pointed out that the revenue that was due to the next government in advance, and that KCR cheated the people by making promises that he did not fulfill.