Congress hits back at BRS over criticism of Rahul Gandhi, Revanth government

Hyderabad: The Congress party hit back at the Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) over its criticism of Congress MP Rahul Gandhi and the Revanth Reddy government in Telangana, defending the State government’s welfare initiatives.

Roads and Buildings Minister Komatireddy Venkat Reddy said the Congress government was implementing several welfare schemes in Telangana, perhaps more than any other State in the country.

“We have introduced and implemented a welfare policy for gig workers. It will be launched by Rahul Gandhi. He is set to become the Prime Minister of this country,” Komatireddy Venkat Reddy said while speaking to the media on the sidelines of the Bharat Summit.

The Minister strongly criticised the BRS, particularly its working president KT Rama Rao, over his remarks against Rahul Gandhi.

He said the entire country knew that Telangana would not have been formed without the intervention of Sonia Gandhi. BRS president K Chandrashekar Rao himself had described Sonia Gandhi as the ‘goddess’ of Telangana on the floor of the Legislative Assembly, he recalled.

Describing Rahul Gandhi as a leader who travelled across the country, Komatireddy said he consistently declared, “The nation is my family.”

The R&B Minister also accused the previous BRS government of making several unfulfilled and hollow promises during its 10-year tenure.

“K Chandrashekhar Rao betrayed the minorities and the tribal communities. In fact, there are countless ways in which the BRS government deceived the people of Telangana,” Komatireddy Venkat Reddy said.