The budget session of the Telangana Assembly is set to begin on Wednesday and is expected to be intense. The session is likely to end by March 29 and will focus on important bills, including a 42% quota for Backward Classes (BCs) and the classification of Scheduled Castes (SCs). Other key topics, such as tourism, irrigation, and land revenue reforms, will also be discussed.
The Congress party is expected to criticize the Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) for Telangana’s financial struggles. Congress leaders blame the BRS for pushing the state into a debt crisis. In response, the BRS will argue that the current government has borrowed ₹1.5 lakh crore in just 10 months, while the BRS government took ₹4 lakh crore in 10 years.
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), encouraged by its recent success in the MLC elections, plans to highlight issues like farmer and weaver suicides, poor healthcare in districts, and other urgent public concerns.
The presence of Leader of Opposition K Chandrasekhar Rao (KCR) is expected to create tension in the Assembly. However, sources say he will only attend the joint session on Wednesday and the budget presentation on Thursday. BRS leaders argue that KCR may not get enough time to speak, so he does not need to attend the entire session.
The BRS plans to attack the government over its alleged failures in providing loans to farmers, poor irrigation facilities, dried-up crops, and mismanagement of electricity for agriculture. They also intend to question the government’s handling of the SLBC project and accuse them of rushing to restart the works.
Along with the two major bills, the session is expected to address policy changes, including replacing the Dharani land records system with Bhubharati. These decisions will have a significant impact on land revenue and governance.
Both Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy and BRS chief KCR have instructed their party members to be well-prepared. While the Chief Minister has urged his MLAs to defend the government effectively, KCR has advised his party members to expose the government’s failures.
To prevent any disruptions, a three-tier police security system has been deployed around the Assembly premises. Barbed wire barricades have been placed along Assembly Road to stop protesters from entering the area.
