BRS Targets Revanth Reddy Over Coal Imports, Power and Irrigation Crises; Demands Sitting Judge’s Probe
Addressing a BRS meeting of the Narsampet constituency at Telangana Bhavan, KTR alleged that the government was creating artificial crises to justify expensive coal and power purchases and secure commissions.
He challenged the Chief Minister to order an independent judicial inquiry into the allegations, including an alleged ₹10,000-crore Singareni scam and a purported solar power scam.
Calling Revanth Reddy an “EMI Chief Minister”, KTR alleged that the proposed purchase of imported coal was linked to political obligations to the Congress high command.
He claimed that domestic coal cost around ₹3,800 per tonne, compared with ₹10,000 to ₹12,000 per tonne for imported coal, and questioned the rationale for sourcing coal from Australia.
The BRS leader also alleged that coal production had been reduced and around ₹60,000 crore in dues to Singareni remained pending.
He accused the government of blaming the coal company for shortages instead of addressing the underlying issues. The allegations were made by KTR at the meeting.
Turning the attack into a broader political indictment of the Congress government, KTR questioned why Telangana was experiencing power shortages despite the previous BRS regime’s claim of providing 24-hour electricity to agriculture.
He contrasted the Congress’s earlier criticism of a power purchase agreement with Chhattisgarh at ₹3.90 per unit with what he said were current proposals to buy electricity at ₹15 per unit.
He said dependable power supply was crucial for nearly 30 lakh agricultural pump sets, irrigation projects and industries, and accused the government of allowing power cuts to return.
KTR also targeted the government over irrigation management, alleging that it had failed to utilise water through the Kaleshwaram project despite the BRS raising the issue months earlier.
He claimed that water had flowed downstream without being lifted from the Kannepalli pump house, aggravating drinking water shortages and leaving crops at risk.
Citing Andhra Pradesh’s Pattiseema project and water supply to Kuppam, KTR questioned why Telangana could not move water to Mahabubnagar and make better use of the Kaleshwaram and Palamuru-Rangareddy projects.
He alleged that around 1,000 TMC of water had flowed into the sea and accused the Congress government of using El Niño as an explanation for a crisis that, he maintained, could have been mitigated through timely intervention.
“This is not a drought caused by nature; this is a drought created by Congress,” he said, demanding that the government prioritise farmers’ needs over politics.
The remarks signal the BRS’s effort to make coal procurement, power supply and irrigation key political issues in its campaign against the ruling Congress.
KTR said the party would continue to hold the government accountable over Singareni, electricity and farmers’ welfare.
On the party’s prospects in Narsampet, KTR expressed confidence that the BRS would return to power and hoist its pink flag in the constituency within two years.
He said he would adopt the constituency after the party returned to power and oversee development initiatives planned by former MLA Peddi Sudarshan Reddy.
He also urged BRS cadres to work towards victory in the Graduate MLC elections and said people wanted BRS president K. Chandrashekar Rao to return as Chief Minister.
