Metro India News | Hyderabad; In a riveting 'Meet the Press'  at the Hyderabad Press Club on Sunday, Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy came hard on the Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) rule from 2004-14 and his government's transformative two-years. With the Jubilee Hills by-election campaign wrapping up, Reddy urged voters to back Congress's Naveen Yadav for unbridled urban growth, confidently declaring, "Write it down: Congress will rule Telangana until June 2034."

CM Revanth reminisced about the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) era's sacrifices, crediting Sonia Gandhi for honoring the statehood pledge despite political costs. Under Late CM Y.S. Rajasekhar Reddy, farmers received free power, Rs 1,300 crore in dues waived, and Rs 73,000 crore loan relief. The Jalayagnam initiative birthed projects like Kalwakurthy, Bhima, Nettempadu, Indira Sagar, SLBC, Pranahita-Chevella, SRSP, Mid Manair, and Sripada Yellampalli, quenching Telangana's thirst.

Late P. Janardhan Reddy's protests secured Krishna waters for Hyderabad, evolving it into an IT-knowledge hub. Congress policies powered 70% of Fortune 500 GCCs, bulk drugs (40% national output), Eli Lilly's $1B investment, and American Airlines-McDonald's footholds, funneling 65% of state revenue from the city. Rangareddy district's top per capita income and land reforms – 25 lakh assigned, 10 lakh acres Podu lands distributed under Indira and PV Narasimha Rao – underscore this bedrock. Jaipal Reddy's push delivered the Metro Rail, a history KCR can't erase, KCR said.

BRS misrule

Lashing out at K. Chandrashekar Rao (KCR), Reddy branded him a "Dhritarashtra" – blindly shielding son K.T. Rama Rao amid scandals. Inheriting a Rs 60,000 crore surplus, BRS ballooned debt to Rs 8.11 lakh crore, crippling salary payments. Kaleshwaram, Palamuru and other projects devoured Rs 1.87 lakh crore yet irrigated zero acres, morphing into "Kooleshwaram" – a black hole for public funds.

Structures like Command Control Centre, Secretariat, and Pragati Bhavan yielded no jobs, just surveillance and Vastu vanities. BRS shuttered 5,000 schools, stalled universities sans vice-chancellors, neglected Osmania Hospital and TIMS, and peddled "pub-drug culture" over agriculture. KTR's barbs? Mere "item songs" akin to Sree Leela's, flashy but futile; he neglected his sister and Maganti's mother, unfit for public trust. Union Minister G. Kishan Reddy? A "Gujarat slave," colluding with KTR to sabotage investments and Musi rejuvenation.

People's government

Undeterred, Revanth's administration flipped the script: Rs 7,100 crore for free women’s buses turned RTC profitable; Rajiv Aarogyasri hiked to Rs 10 lakh; Rs 3,000 crore new Osmania facility and 100-acre High Court underway. Old schemes persist – ration cards, Rs 500 gas, 200 free power units – plus Rs 21,000 crore farm waivers and Rs 9,000 crore Rythu Bharosa in nine days. Over 20,000 job notifications, 60,000+ jobs filled; SC sub-categorization, BC census led nationally; Young India Skills University, Police School, and Residential Schools launched. Sans Kaleshwaram, Telangana topped paddy output at 2.85 crore MT Plans for 20 TMC Godavari water and 70% new GCCs cement Hyderabad's surge. On private colleges' bandh, CM decried it as a personal threat, vowing rule-based reimbursements post-compliance.

Revanth envisioned Congress's decade-long reign prioritizing farmers, women, and youth, contrasting BRS's star-struck elite with his common-touch governance. "Jubilee Hills must deliver a thumping mandate for development," he implored, eyeing 2028 assembly and 2029 parliamentary sweeps. Telangana's robust growth – from surplus to scam-riddled, now revival-bound – rests on Congress's shoulders, he stressed.