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Hyderabad:
The Congress party on Sunday challenged former Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao (KCR) to join an Assembly debate and prove his claims against the Congress government. Revenue Minister Ponguleti Srinivas Reddy said the Congress was ready for a full discussion comparing 10 years of BRS rule with 15 months of Congress governance.
Responding to KCR’s speech during the BRS party’s silver jubilee celebrations in Warangal, Ponguleti, along with Ministers Seethakka, Jupally Krishna Rao, and Ponnam Prabhakar, raised questions about the large amount of money collected by the BRS. They asked how the party, born out of a people’s movement, managed to gather Rs 1,500 crore of white money in just 10 years. They also questioned how KCR’s family accumulated so much wealth.
Ponguleti also recalled that KCR and his family had once shown great respect to Sonia Gandhi after the formation of Telangana. He accused KCR of now trying to portray the Congress party negatively. Ponguleti said KCR’s speech was full of baseless accusations and negativity against the current government.
On the issue of pending bills for contractors and village heads (sarpanches), Ponguleti reminded KCR that the unpaid bills were from the time when the BRS was in power. He said the Congress government had inherited these financial burdens from the previous regime.
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