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Hyderabad, November 5 (IANS) Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) working president KT Rama Rao on Wednesday met Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy to a public debate on the development of Hyderabad and accused the Congress government of failing the city during its two-year rule.
He said BRS is ready to discuss – in any language and at any place – what the party has achieved for Hyderabad during its 10 years in power and what the Congress has given in the last two years.
He was speaking while releasing the party’s progress report for the Jubilee Hills constituency as part of its campaign for the November 11 by-election.
“If Revanth Reddy has the courage, he should decide the date, time and place. Be it command control, Gandhi Bhavan or the Assembly – we are ready,” KTR said, challenging the chief minister to come forward and let the people decide whose record is genuine.
KTR listed the civic achievements of the BRS years and compared them with Congress’s inaction.
He recalled the construction of 42 flyovers and several underpasses, improvement in sanitation under initiatives like Swachh Hyderabad and SNDP and delivery of a large number of double-bedroom houses.
The former minister accused the current government of stalling or reversing several projects, causing damage to the city due to potholes, dependence on water tankers and rising crime rates.
On infrastructure, KTR challenged the Congress to point out even a single new road, LED-lighting installation, nursery or metro expansion completed in the last two years. He reminded the crowd that the Hyderabad Metro and several city-shaping projects were launched under the BRS administration, and accused the current government of demolishing thousands of houses without offering replacement housing.
KTR also hit back at the allegations made by the state government and the investigation announced by it.
He dismissed the recent investigations involving Formula E and other notices as a distraction tactic and reiterated his offer for live lie-detector testing to settle claims of wrongdoing. “Whoever is a thief will be exposed,” he said, challenging the CM for public accountability.
KTR accused Congress and BJP of forming an “unprincipled alliance” in Telangana and criticized the comments of some leaders, which he said was an insult to minorities.
He demanded that Revanth Reddy apologize for the statements insulting particular communities; If not, KTR warned, people will decide the outcome at the ballot box.
KTR urged Jubilee Hills voters to evaluate records and not rhetoric. “We will show what we did and then seek votes. If Congress has done anything concrete in two years, let them say it publicly. If they cannot, people will give their verdict on November 11,” he said.
–IANS
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