BRS leader Dasoju Sravan derides Karnataka Dy CM D K Shiva Kumar’s remarks on Telangana

HYDERABAD: Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) spokesperson Dr Dasoju Sravan lambasted Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister DK Shiva Kumar for trying to mislead and hoodwink Telangana people with blatant lies and false promises.

Commenting on DK Shiva Kumar's speech at a public meeting in Tandur, Dasoju Sravan mocked DK Shiva Kumar for poking his nose in Telangana elections, when the Congress Government in Karnataka itself was failing miserably. Terming DK Shiva Kumar and TPCC president Revanth Reddy as twin thieves, Dasoju Sravan urged Telangana people to be aware of the Congress party's cheating tactics.

"DK Shiva Kumar, who is among the most corrupt politicians in India, is campaigning for Congress in Telangana. It is ridiculous that when the Congress Government in Karnataka has not implemented at least one election guarantee completely, DK Shiva Kumar is giving assurances to Telangana people about the six guarantees implementation, if Congress is voted to power. A repeated habitual offender and financial criminal DK Shiva Kumar, is trying to fool Telangana people in broad daylight", Dasoju Sravan said, while speaking to media at the Telangana Bhavan, Hyderabad on Sunday.

The BRS spokesperson said that while a pension of more than Rs 2,016 was being given to old aged, widows physically challenged and other sections in Telangana, Karnataka Government was struggling to pay even Rs 1,000. "At a time when Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao (KCR) is giving 24x7 free power to agriculture, Karnataka is giving less than 5 hours. KCR has transformed the lives of farmers with Rythu Bandhu, Rythu Bheema, farm loan waiver but these schemes are non-existent in Karnataka," he said.

Dasoju Sravan said that the Congress and the BJP Government turned Bengaluru from a 'City of Gardens' to a 'City of Garbage'. But, the BRS Government turned Hyderabad into a world class city. He criticised Shiva Kumar for ignoring all these glaring truths. "KCR has transformed drought-hit Telangana into one of the prosperous states in India. He has deftly balanced development and welfare. As a result, Telangana's budget grew from Rs 60,000 Cr in 2014 to Rs 3 lakh Cr in 2023 and people belonging to all sections are living happily under KCR's rule," he said.

The BRS spokesperson said that the area under cultivation was increased from 1.30 lakh acres in 2014 to 2.20 lakh acres in 2023 in Telangana. Paddy production increased from 68,000 crore tonnes in 2014 to 3 lakh crore tonnes in 2023. "Telangana is also a completely ODF free state, while Karnataka lags behind. Telangana was awarded the first rank in supplying clean drinking water in the country by the Centre, Karnataka stood at 20th place," he said.

Referring to the IT exports in Telangana, Dasoju Sravan said that there were about Rs 56,000 crore when KCR became the CM, IT exports rose to Rs 2.80 lakh crore. In the Panchayath Awards given by the Centre, while Telanagana bagged eight awards, Karnataka did not even get one. "The per-capita income in Telangana is Rs 3.18 lakh, it is lesser in Karnataka at Rs 3 lakh. Either in implementing welfare schemes like Shaadi Mubarak, Kalyana Lakshmi, Dalit Bandhu, or development initiatives like TS-iPASS, T-Hub, T Works, Kaleshwaram Project, Telangana is way ahead of Karnataka. But DK Shiva Kumar is shamelessly spreading lies," he said.

Dasoju Sravan also challenged the Karnataka Deputy CM to travel across Telangana to experience the Telangana model of holistic development under the KCR's rule.