Kishan Reddy slams Cong for betraying BCs, pushing Telangana into debt
Speaking to the media in the national capital on Thursday, Kishan Reddy alleged that the Congress party, both before and after coming to power, has consistently deceived the people of Telangana.
"They came to power on the back of tall promises — six guarantees and 420 sub-guarantees — all of which remain unfulfilled. Instead, they've taken loans just to repay existing debts, and brought the state to the brink of economic collapse," he said.
He criticised the Congress leadership — naming Chief Minister Revanth Reddy, Rahul Gandhi, and Sonia Gandhi — for what he called empty rhetoric and political theatre.
'After failing to deliver, they are now making meaningless allegations against the Centre and Prime Minister Narendra Modi to deflect attention from their incompetence,' he remarked.
On the issue of BC welfare, Kishan Reddy came down hard on the Congress, accusing the party of making false declarations in the name of various communities.
'They promised Rs 1 lakh crore for BCs, of which Rs 40,000 crore should have been spent by now. But nothing has been done,' he said.
Highlighting the government's failure to conduct a comprehensive BC survey, the Union Minister criticised the exclusion of large swathes of Hyderabad.
'Calling such an incomplete effort a great survey is shameful. They reduced the BC count and are trying to include religious groups under BC quotas — an injustice to genuine BC communities.'
He warned against attempts to create unrest by pushing religious-based reservations. 'Is this the Telangana model? Deceiving BCs and doing politics in the name of religion?' he questioned, adding that in the last GHMC elections, despite 50 BC-reserved seats, 31 were won by non-BCs, raising questions about the fairness of the reservation system.
Kishan Reddy compared the Congress's corruption to that of the previous BRS government. 'If KCR turned the state into a private company with wholesale corruption, Congress is indulging in retail corruption,' he said.
He also condemned derogatory remarks made by a Telangana woman minister about the President of India, demanding an unconditional apology from Sonia Gandhi. 'This is not just political indecency — it is an insult to every woman in this country.'
Kishan Reddy pointed out that Congress has historically wronged the BCs — from ignoring the Kaka Kalelkar and Mandal Commission reports to now attempting to dilute BC reservations. 'The BJP, on the other hand, has given constitutional status to the BC Commission and 27 per cent reservation in higher education,' he added.
Targeting Revanth Reddy's recent remarks, he asked, 'You call Modi a converted BC — are you a converted Chief Minister of Congress?' He questioned the Congress's hypocrisy on caste recognition and reservations, reminding that it was Congress that listed Modi's community as BC during its tenure.
Ridiculing the Congress's national ambitions, Kishan Reddy said, 'They dream of removing Modi and making Rahul the PM. This is the same Rahul Gandhi under whose leadership the party has lost three consecutive Lok Sabha elections and disappeared from many states.'
The Union Minister reiterated that the BJP stands as the only real alternative in Telangana. 'The people are fed up with both BRS and Congress. BJP is committed to BC empowerment, Telangana's development, and maintaining harmony in the state,' he said, warning that the BJP will not stay silent on injustices being done to BCs under the guise of religion or political appeasement.
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