Hyderabad: Senior Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) leader Dasoju Sravan on Sunday launched a scathing attack on Telangana Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy, accusing him of lacking vision and harming the state’s growth prospects through alleged administrative failures and what he described as diversionary politics. The comments, made on September 20, add to mounting public exchanges between BRS leaders and the ruling Congress in the state.
Charges on governance and political strategy
According to the report, Sravan said the Chief Minister should concentrate on governance rather than blaming others for shortcomings. He alleged that Revanth Reddy had levelled false accusations against former Chief Minister K. Chandrashekar Rao (KCR) and his family, and warned that such tactics were damaging both the individual and the party apparatus.
"How long will Revanth Reddy cover up his failure and seek survival out of mudslinging on KCR and his family? It is time to deliver. Revanth Reddy does not realise the kind of damage that he is doing to himself. We don’t care if he damages himself, but he is also damaging a 125-year-old party, and he is permanently destroying the governance. As a result of that, he is destroying and damaging the prospects and future of Telangana and the people of Telangana."
The remarks were part of a broader critique from the BRS on the state administration, with Sravan also taking aim at the Congress leadership and the party’s central decision-making. He described the selection of Revanth Reddy as Chief Minister as unfortunate, singling out the national leadership for the choice.
Calls for resignations and fresh mandates
The same day, BRS Working President K. T. Rama Rao (KTR) urged MLAs who had defected from the BRS to the Congress to resign and seek a fresh mandate. KTR referenced a recent Telangana High Court judgment on the disqualification of an MLA — Danam Nagender — and argued that the legal principle should be applied uniformly to other defected legislators.
According to the report, KTR said the government should ask defected MLAs to quit and contest elections again if it was confident of its mandate, asserting that the Speaker’s earlier decision had been set aside by the High Court.
Political context and implications
The exchange underscores continuing tensions between the BRS and the ruling Congress in Telangana, less than two years after the 2024 general realignments that reshaped state politics. Allegations of administrative lapses and charges of opportunistic defections have become recurring features of the public discourse between the parties.
Key practical consequences cited by the BRS include:
- Demand for uniform application of disqualification rulings to defected MLAs.
- Calls for elected representatives who switched parties to seek a fresh public mandate.
- Criticism of governance priorities and allegations that political rhetoric is replacing development focus.
| Speaker | Main claim |
|---|---|
| Dasoju Sravan | Revanth Reddy lacks vision; his tactics are damaging governance and Telangana’s future |
| K. T. Rama Rao | Defected MLAs should resign and seek fresh mandate; apply High Court ruling uniformly |
What this means for voters and administration
While allegations and counter-allegations are familiar in Telangana’s competitive political environment, the BRS demands place pressure on the state government to clarify its stance on disqualification norms and to address governance criticisms. If the government were to act on calls for resignations, it could trigger bypolls in constituencies represented by defected MLAs — a development that would test the Congress’s electoral confidence in those seats.
For citizens, the debate spotlights two issues: the legal interpretation of anti-defection rulings and the tangible delivery of public services. Opposition leaders argue that continuous focus on political rivalry diverts attention from development priorities that affect ordinary residents, including employment, irrigation projects, health and education delivery.
The BRS criticism and the ensuing public exchange are likely to feature in ongoing political mobilisation ahead of future local and state-level contests. The state government has not yet issued an immediate detailed rebuttal to the charges covered in the report.
Reporting note: The account summarises comments and positions reported on September 20 by the media outlet covering statements from BRS leaders Dasoju Sravan and K. T. Rama Rao.
