BRS’s sole agenda is to criticise Congress: Vivek
Minister G. Vivek Venkataswamy criticized the BRS party for its opposition to the Congress government, citing past corruption allegations and debt issues. He also outlined the government's focus on skill development, specifically in AI and technology, for the state's youth.
Why it matters
This reflects the ongoing political rivalry in Telangana and the government's strategic pivot toward technology-driven education and employment.
Minister for Mines G. Vivek Venkataswamy accused BRS leaders of making it their sole agenda to criticise the Congress government without realising that they were rejected in successive elections by the people who favoured the Congress.
Speaking to the media in Mancherial on Friday, he alleged that corruption and commission-related allegations during the BRS’s decade-long rule were well-known. He claimed that the Pranahita-Chevella project could have been completed for around ₹20,000 crore, but the Kaleshwaram project had involved an expenditure of about ₹1 lakh crore. He said that the State is now burdened with around ₹8 lakh crore in debt due to the “corrupt ideas of the BRS”.
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