Cong leaders slam KCR, challenge BRS to public debate

Hyderabad: TPCC president B Mahesh Kumar Goud on Monday described the BRS public meeting as a "major failure" and called BRS president K Chandrasekhar Rao the "first and last villain" of Telangana.
Addressing a press conference at Gandhi Bhavan, Goud challenged the BRS to a public debate comparing their 10-year rule with the Congress govt's 15 months in office.

"I am challenging KCR and the BRS. We are ready for a debate at a time and place of your choosing. Let's discuss what you achieved for Telangana over the past decade and what our chief minister Revanth Reddy has delivered in the last 15 months," Goud said.
Responding to KCR's claim that the Congress was the "number one villain" of Telangana, Goud countered that it was the Congress that fulfilled the long-standing promise of Telangana statehood. He pointed out that the Congress govt had filled around 60,000 govt jobs in just 15 months. Goud accused KCR of ‘running away' after plunging the state into a massive debt trap and alleged that the BRS regime had ‘looted' public funds from 2014 until Dec 2023.
Irrigation minister N Uttam Kumar Reddy also hit out at KCR, reminding him that it was the Congress leadership, particularly Sonia Gandhi, who had granted Telangana. "It was KCR who took Sonia Gandhi's blessings after statehood was achieved. The Congress govt is fulfilling every promise. Dharani was used by BRS leaders for widespread corruption," he alleged.
The strong rebuttals came in response to KCR's remarks at a public meeting held near Warangal on Sunday to mark the silver jubilee of BRS's formation. KCR, who had largely stayed away from public appearances after his party's defeat in the 2023 assembly elections, accused the Congress govt of failing on all fronts.