Congress MP questions BRS claims on power, farm issues

Congress MP Chamala Kiran Kumar Reddy alleged that the BRS was sending teams of its leaders to power stations in an attempt to create a political controversy when electricity supply was smooth.

Questioning BRS working president K.T. Rama Rao’s claims that former Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao had fought for lower power tariffs, the Bhuvanagiri MP recalled the 2000 Basheerbagh firing incident and said Mr. Chandrasekhar Rao was then with the Telugu Desam Party. He said Mr. Ro left the TDP in 2001 following differences over the positions offered to him.

Mr. Reddy said the Congress had been the first to champion free power for agriculture, and alleged that the DISCOMs accumulated about ₹81,000 crore in debt during the BRS government’s tenure.