'People disillusioned with Cong govt'
HYDERABAD: Former minister and BRS leader T Harish Rao said people were disillusioned with the Congress govt in the state as the ruling party had failed to fulfil its promises.
"After seeing the 18 months of
Revanth Reddy
's rule, people have realised difference between Revanth Reddy and KCR's governance," he said.
Speaking at a meeting in Sangareddy district on Wednesday where Congress youth leader Patola Prashanth Reddy joined the BRS, Harish Rao said the Congress govt discontinued the welfare schemes implemented by the BRS govt, such as KCR Kit, Bathukamma sarees, and diesel amount for gram panchayat tractors.
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"KCR started the farm input subsidy scheme in the country and released 80,000 crore. But the Congress govt did not release the Rythu Bharosa amount to the farmers last year for two seasons," the ex-minister said.
Harish Rao, accepting the challenge by TPCC president Mahesh Kumar Goud, said he was ready to debate on the welfare schemes anywhere and ready to prove the difference between the BRS and Congress govts.
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