Archive · 19 Aug 2026
BRS Protests Across Districts Demand Welfare Schemes Continue
BRS members held protests in four places.
They want two marriage-support schemes called Kalyana Lakshmi and Shaadi Mubarak to continue.
The schemes give financial help to poor families.
BRS leaders say the schemes began during K. Chandrasekhar Rao’s government.
They accuse the current Congress government of trying to stop them.
Leaders also say the government is using court directions as a reason to consider ending the schemes.
Protesters want pending applications to be cleared and election promises to be kept.
In Mancherial, an official agreed to pass their concerns to the government.
BRS leaders and activists protested in Asifabad, Adilabad, Ichoda and Mancherial over the Kalyana Lakshmi and Shaadi Mubarak schemes.
Protesters demanded that the Congress government continue the schemes, clear pending applications and fulfil its election promises.
BRS leaders alleged that the government was using court directives as a pretext to discontinue programmes introduced during K. Chandrasekhar Rao’s tenure.
The party said the schemes provide financial assistance to poor and economically weaker families, with lakhs of families benefiting.
Mancherial’s protest ended after Additional Collector Ramulu assured demonstrators that their concerns would be conveyed to the government.
- Who
- BRS leaders, elected representatives, party workers, women and activists, including Kova Lakshmi, Jogu Ramanna, Anil Jadhav and Nadipelli Vijith Kumar.
- What
- Held protests demanding continuation of the Kalyana Lakshmi and Shaadi Mubarak welfare schemes, clearance of pending applications and fulfilment of election promises.
- When
- On Tuesday; a petition concerning the schemes was also referenced as having been filed on September 9, though the year was not specified.
- Where
- At the Collectorates in Asifabad, Adilabad and Mancherial, and on a road in Ichoda.
- Why
- BRS said the schemes financially support poor families and alleged that the government was seeking to discontinue them.
BRS leaders and protesters
Congress-led government
Continuation of welfare schemes
BRS leaders and protesters
BRS says Kalyana Lakshmi and Shaadi Mubarak provide vital financial assistance to poor families and must continue without interruption.
Congress-led government
The articles do not provide the Congress government’s response to the demand or confirm that it has decided to discontinue the schemes.
Election promises
BRS leaders and protesters
Kova Lakshmi alleged that Congress had failed to implement its Six Guarantees and questioned the proposal to scrap the schemes after a promise to provide one tola of gold for eligible marriages.
Congress-led government
The articles provide no response from the Congress government regarding the Six Guarantees or the gold promise.
Court directives
BRS leaders and protesters
Jogu Ramanna and Kova Lakshmi alleged that court directives or a court verdict were being used as a pretext to end the schemes; Vijith Kumar urged the government to appeal the related petition.
Congress-led government
The articles do not state the government’s interpretation of the court directives or its explanation for the schemes’ status.
- Protesting organization
- Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS)
- Schemes
- Kalyana Lakshmi and Shaadi Mubarak
- Protest locations
- Asifabad, Adilabad, Ichoda and Mancherial
- Main demands
- Continue both schemes, clear pending applications and fulfil election promises
- BRS allegation
- The Congress government is attempting to discontinue schemes introduced during K. Chandrasekhar Rao’s tenure
- Court-related claim
- BRS leaders alleged that court directives or a court verdict were being used as a pretext to discontinue the schemes
- Mancherial outcome
- Additional Collector Ramulu said the protesters’ concerns would be conveyed to the government
