Hyderabad: The Telangana BJP has accused the state government of failing students by not holding final exams at several universities. According to the BJP, this delay is putting the future of lakhs of students at risk.
Rani Rudrama, the BJP’s state spokesperson, spoke to the media on Wednesday. She criticized Chief Minister Revanth Reddy for not reviewing the education department even once in the past 15 months, despite personally managing it along with the home department.
She said major universities, including Kakatiya University, Satavahana University, Palamuru University, Telangana University, and Mahatma Gandhi University, have still not conducted their degree exams. This lack of action, she said, is causing serious stress among students.
Rudrama highlighted how exam schedules have been postponed multiple times. She detailed that Kakatiya University has delayed exams five times, Mahatma Gandhi University four times, Palamuru University three times, and both Satavahana and Telangana Universities four times each.
She also accused the government of ignoring basic educational needs while spending money on less essential events. “The state owes ₹650 crore to degree colleges, yet it finds money for beauty pageants,” she said. The BJP is now demanding that Revanth Reddy hand over the education portfolio to a more capable leader. They also called for immediate scheduling of exams and quick settlement of fee reimbursement dues.
Rudrama said such problems were never seen even during the undivided Andhra Pradesh era. She pointed out that the Congress party, during elections, had promised to clear all pending dues and ensure fee reimbursements every three months.
She also recalled that Rahul Gandhi had visited Pedda Amberpet in Telangana to meet private college owners and made promises about improving college funding. Earlier, former PCC chief Uttam Kumar Reddy had taken college owners to Delhi to seek support from Rahul Gandhi, blaming the previous BRS government for damaging the education system.
Now, with Congress in power, Rudrama said the party is making excuses, blaming old debts for their failure to act. “If they can’t manage the state or fix the education system, they should step down,” she concluded.
