“People Fought for Telangana, BRS Looted the State: Vivek Venkatswamy”
Medak, February 4, 2026:
Labour and Employment Minister Dr. G. Vivek Venkatswamy on Tuesday said that while the people had made sacrifices and contributed to the Telangana movement, the BRS party and the Kalvakuntla family had looted the State. He alleged that they amassed personal and party assets by collecting commissions in the name of projects.
Dr. Vivek Venkatswamy, who is also the Medak Lok Sabha constituency in-charge, held a meeting with Congress party candidates of the Medak Municipality and gave directions to ensure victory in the forthcoming municipal elections.
The Minister alleged that the assets of the Kalvakuntla family had increased exponentially and claimed that the BRS party has deposits worth ₹800 crore. He further stated that Megha Krishna Reddy had contributed ₹400 crore through electoral bonds. He criticised the previous BRS government for failing to provide double-bedroom houses to the poor, while former Chief Minister K. Chandrashekar Rao and his family members constructed farmhouses spread over hundreds of acres. He remarked that the allegations being made by Kavitha were not being countered by anyone, which itself proved that they were based on facts.
Despite Telangana being a resource-rich State, Dr. Vivek Venkatswamy said the BRS government pushed it into a debt of ₹8 lakh crore, while the annual income was only around ₹1 lakh crore, which was insufficient even to meet interest payments. He said the present Congress government was gradually correcting the State’s financial situation.
Highlighting welfare initiatives, the Minister said the free bus travel scheme for women is being implemented and that ₹9,000 crore has been spent on the scheme so far, enabling women to save nearly ₹3,000 per month. He pointed out that during the ten-year BRS rule not a single ration card was issued, whereas the Congress government is now issuing ration cards to all eligible poor families. He also assured that pensions would be sanctioned to all eligible beneficiaries.
He said ₹13,000 crore is being spent on supplying fine rice through ration cards. Under the Mahila Shakti programme, ₹23,000 crore has been sanctioned to women self-help groups through bank linkage, and interest-free loans have also been cleared. As promised, he said a scheme to provide ₹2,500 per month to women would be implemented soon.
Referring to the municipal elections, the Minister said the Chief Minister had conducted segment-wise reviews and expressed confidence that the Congress party would win nearly 80 per cent of councillor seats across the State and around 90 per cent in Medak. He expressed confidence that the party would win all 29 seats in the Medak Municipality.
He cautioned candidates to remain alert and avoid overconfidence, stating that complacency could be risky. He said the Congress party would remain in power for the next three years and urged voters to elect Congress candidates to ensure continued development. With limited time left, he called upon party workers and candidates to work tirelessly from morning till night, meet people personally, and explain the welfare and development programmes being implemented by the government.
The Minister alleged that BRS leader Harish Rao was now focusing on Medak due to the presence of Mynampally Hanumanth Rao, but accused him of neglecting the Medak and Dubbak constituencies when he was in power. He claimed that two-lane roads were selectively converted into four-lane roads, Megha projects were diverted, and government offices were shifted out of Medak. He asserted that Harish Rao must be politically defeated.
The meeting was attended by Medak MLA Mynampally Rohith Rao, former MLA Mynampally Hanumanth Rao, DCC president Anjaneyulu Goud, and other party leaders.
