‘Congress will rule Telangana till 2034’

In a riveting ‘Meet the Press’ at the Hyderabad Press Club on Sunday, Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy came hard on the Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) rule from 2004-14 and his government's transformative two-years. With the Jubilee Hills by-election campaign wrapping up, Reddy urged voters to back Congress's Naveen Yadav for unbridled urban growth, confidently declaring, "Write it down: Congress will rule Telangana until June 2034.

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CM Revanth reminisced about the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) era's sacrifices, crediting Sonia Gandhi for honoring the statehood pledge despite political costs. Under Late CM Y.S. Rajasekhar Reddy, farmers received free power, Rs 1,300 crore in dues waived, and Rs 73,000 crore loan relief. The Jalayagnam initiative birthed projects like Kalwakurthy, Bhima, Nettempadu, Indira Sagar, SLBC, Pranahita-Chevella, SRSP, Mid Manair, and Sripada Yellampalli, quenching Telangana's thirst. Late P. Janardhan Reddy's protests secured Krishna waters for Hyderabad, evolving it into an IT-knowledge hub. Congress policies powered 70% of Fortune 500 GCCs, bulk drugs (40% national output), Eli Lilly's $1B investment, and American Airlines-McDon-ald's footholds, funneling 65% of state revenue from the city. Rangareddy district's top per capita income and land reforms — 25 lakh assigned, 10 lakh acres Podu lands distributed under Indira and PV Narasimha Rao — underscore this bedrock. Jaipal Red