KCR Deserves To Be Hanged for Kaleshwaram Scam, Says Revanth

Hyderabad: Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy on Monday launched a scathing attack on BRS chief K. Chandrashekar Rao, stating it would be no sin even if he was ‘hanged to death’ for wasting Rs 1 lakh crore of public money on the Kaleshwaram project, which collapsed within three years of its inauguration during the previous BRS regime. Revanth Reddy remarked that if it was in the earlier times, like during the Nizam era, Rao would have been hanged for Kaleshwaram scam. He added that in a democratic system governed by the rule of law, the state government had instead ordered a CBI inquiry into the irregularities in the project.Addressing a public meeting in Kataram mandal of Bhupalpally district after disbursing the second instalment of Rythu Bharosa funds for the ongoing yasangi season, Revanth Reddy threw an open challenge stating that he would ensure that Chandrashekar Rao would lose his current status as Leader of Opposition in the 2029 polls. Revanth Reddy further responded to Rao’s claim, at his public meeting earlier, that the BRS “victory march” would begin from Jagtial, remarking that he would politically “bury” both the BRS and Rao “100 metres deep” in Jagtial in the next elections. Revanth Reddy expressed confidence that the Congress-led “people’s government” would secure a second term in 2029 and continue in power until 2034.The Chief Minister announced that over 45 lakh farmers benefited from the Rythu Bharosa second instalment amounting to Rs 2,200 crore. Together with the first instalment of Rs 3,500 crore released last month, a total of Rs 5,700 crore has been disbursed so far. He assured that the government would release the third and final instalment of Rs 3,300 crore in May, taking the total disbursement under Rythu Bharosa for the season to Rs 9,000 crore.Citing political trends, the Chief Minister said history had shown that parties in the state, between 1994 and 2024, typically remained in power for 10 years, and he was determined to repeat that pattern by leading Congress to consecutive terms in government.The Chief Minister also came down heavily on senior leader T. Jeevan Reddy, who quit the Congress to join the BRS. Accusing him of betrayal, Revanth Reddy said Jeevan Reddy had been given opportunities by the Congress to contest Assembly, Lok Sabha and Council elections 14 times despite repeated defeats, and had enjoyed the unwavering support of party workers in Jagtial for nearly four decades.He criticised Jeevan Reddy for raising the slogan that the Congress government should be replaced by a BRS government, questioning why a “Praja Palana” government should go and why what he termed a “Papala Bhairavadu” — referring to Rao — should return to power. The Chief Minister alleged that Jeevan Reddy’s exit from the Congress was driven by personal disappointment over not being inducted into the Cabinet after being nominated as MLC, especially following his defeat in both Assembly and Lok Sabha elections within a span of six months during 2023–24.



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