Archive · 4 Sep 2026
Minister Challenges BRS Leaders to Debate Telangana Development, Corruption
Minister Adluri Laxman Kumar wants BRS leaders to bring former Chief Minister K. Chandrashekar Rao to the Assembly.
He wants them to discuss what the Congress government has built and accusations of corruption.
The minister says Congress has completed four of six promised welfare guarantees.
These include ration cards, fine rice, free electricity and free bus travel.
He also says nearly 50,000 government jobs have been provided.
In Dharmapuri, he listed projects such as a degree college, an ITI, water tanks and a sewage treatment plant.
He criticized former minister Koppula Eshwar over development during the previous government.
BRS and Congress have different views about the government’s performance and criticism of it.
Social Welfare Minister Adluri Laxman Kumar challenged BRS leaders to bring K. Chandrashekar Rao to the Assembly for a debate.
He said the Congress government had implemented four of Telangana’s six guarantees despite servicing debts left by the previous BRS government.
Laxman Kumar claimed nearly 50,000 government jobs had been provided since Congress came to power.
He listed ₹141 crore in Dharmapuri constituency development works, including projects involving education, irrigation, water and sanitation.
He accused former minister Koppula Eshwar of neglecting Dharmapuri and failing to fund 411 proposed community buildings.
- Who
- Social Welfare Minister Adluri Laxman Kumar challenged BRS leaders K.T. Rama Rao and T. Harish Rao to bring former Chief Minister K. Chandrashekar Rao to the Assembly.
- What
- He called for a debate on Congress government development and corruption allegations, while outlining welfare measures and Dharmapuri projects.
- When
- The challenge was made at a press conference on Thursday; the articles also refer to the December 2023 Telangana election and the previous 1,000 days.
- Where
- At the MLA camp office in Dharmapuri, Telangana.
- Why
- Laxman Kumar said the debate would address competing claims about the Congress government’s performance and allegations against it.
Congress government’s position
BRS opposition’s position
Development performance
Congress government’s position
Laxman Kumar said Congress was delivering welfare programmes and Dharmapuri development projects, including works worth ₹141 crore.
BRS opposition’s position
The articles report that BRS leaders were criticizing the Congress government, though they do not provide their detailed response to the minister’s development claims.
Corruption allegations
Congress government’s position
The minister challenged BRS leaders to debate corruption allegations in the Assembly and described their claims against Congress as baseless propaganda.
BRS opposition’s position
BRS leaders are described as making corruption allegations against the Congress government, but the articles do not specify the allegations in detail.
Previous BRS administration
Congress government’s position
Laxman Kumar said Congress was servicing debts left by the previous BRS government and accused that administration of issuing job notifications amid paper-leak controversies and neglecting Dharmapuri development.
BRS opposition’s position
The articles do not include a direct response from former Chief Minister K. Chandrashekar Rao, K.T. Rama Rao, T. Harish Rao or Koppula Eshwar to these accusations.
- Government
- The Congress government came to power in Telangana after voters chose a change in December 2023, according to the minister.
- Welfare guarantees
- Laxman Kumar said four of six guarantees had been implemented, including ration cards, fine rice, free power and free bus travel.
- Jobs claimed
- The minister said nearly 50,000 government jobs had been provided since Congress came to power.
- Dharmapuri works
- Development works worth ₹141 crore were said to have been taken up in the constituency through various funds.
- Major projects
- The minister cited ₹17 crore for Ellampalli oustee rehabilitation, ₹17 crore for a Godavari sewage treatment plant and ₹200 crore for a proposed integrated residential school at Nerella.
- Community buildings
- Laxman Kumar alleged that proceedings were issued for 411 community buildings under Koppula Eshwar but funds were not provided.
- Political forecast
- Laxman Kumar asserted that Congress would return to power and A. Revanth Reddy would become chief minister for a second term.
