BRS working president KT Rama Rao at an orientation meeting for party legislators in Hyderabad on Tuesday. | Photo credit: By arrangement
The Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) will introduce a private member’s bill during the next budget session of the Assembly to expose the “betrayal of the people” by the Congress government and seek legal support for the six guarantees promised ahead of the 2023 assembly elections.
BRS working president KT Rama Rao made the announcement after a joint orientation meeting for party MLAs and MLCs here on Tuesday. The Congress party came to power by promising people six guarantees but failed to keep the commitments, he said, recalling that Congress leaders had publicly promised to give legal status to the guarantees in the very first cabinet meeting after coming to power.
However, the government did not fulfill most of its promises even after two and a half years in office. He said the proposed private member’s bill aims to hold the Congress government accountable and ensure that guarantees promised to the people, including benefits for women, senior citizens, the disabled, students and farmers, are implemented in a legally binding manner.
In the budget session, Mr. Rama Rao said that the government will present its third budget, so this session is extremely important as almost half of its term has already passed. The time given by the people to implement the election promises has effectively passed but the government has failed to fulfill them.
During the meeting, BRS leaders discussed strategies to expose the government’s failure to deliver on its promises and highlight issues related to governance failures and alleged excesses of the ruling party. Senior party leaders including S. Madhusudana Chara, T. Harish Rao, Banda Prakash, Talasani Srinivas Yadav and P. Sabitha Indra Reddy also addressed the meeting.
Mr. Rama Rao criticized the government for not setting up key assembly committees even after more than two years in office. He pointed out that there are no select committees, standing committees and petition committees and even the post of the Deputy Speaker remains vacant, reflecting the government’s disregard for legislative institutions.
He alleged that the Congress government was using “bulldozer tactics” inside and outside the Assembly and accused it of demolishing houses in several parts of the state while suppressing debate in the legislature through sheer force of numbers.
Published – 10 March 2026 21:30 IST
