Union Minister Alleges Funding Discrimination by Congress-Led Telangana Government
Hyderabad: Union Minister of State for Home Affairs, Bandi Sanjay Kumar, has accused the Congress-led Telangana government of withholding funds from Assembly constituencies represented by Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLAs who won in the 2023 Assembly elections.
Addressing a press conference on Sunday, June 30, Kumar stated, “The Congress is behaving exactly like the previous Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) government by engaging in discriminatory practices. If the BJP-led Centre were to adopt a similar approach towards Telangana, development would be stifled. What would you do if we withheld funds from Congress MPs?”
Kumar also cautioned Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy, warning that the public would “revolt” against him just as they did against former Chief Minister K. Chandrashekhar Rao (KCR). He emphasized the necessity for the state government to allocate funds equitably across all constituencies.
In the 2023 Telangana Legislative Assembly elections, the BJP secured 8 seats. The winning BJP candidates and their constituencies are:
- Dr. Palvai Harish Babu (Sirpur)
- Payal Shankar (Adilabad)
- Aleti Maheshwar Reddy (Nirmal)
- Ramarao Patel (Mudhole)
- Paidi Rakesh Reddy (Armur)
- K. Venkata Ramana Reddy (Kamareddy)
- Dhanpal Suryanaryana Gupta (Nizamabad Urban)
- T. Raja Singh (Goshamahal)
The BJP’s performance was modest compared to the Indian National Congress (INC) and the Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS), which won 64 and 39 seats respectively.
