Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy meets journalists at ‘Meet the Press’ organized by Press Club Hyderabad in Hyderabad on Sunday (November 9, 2025). | Photo credit: RAMAKRISHNA G
Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy has predicted simultaneous Assembly and Lok Sabha elections as the Center will go for “One Nation One Election” and the next election in Telangana will be in June 2029.
“Irrespective of what anyone says, the Congress will come back in June 2029 and be in power till 2034 and that is the determined mandate of the people,” he said while revealing that all the plans he has for Telangana will be completed by then to make it the most prosperous state.
The chief minister’s comments came against the backdrop of BRS working president KT Rama Rao’s repeated claims that the BRS would return within 500 days if the Congress was defeated in the Jubilee Hills bypoll. He was speaking at ‘Meet the Press’ organized by Press Club Hyderabad on Sunday (November 9).
Mr. Revanth Reddy highlighted the contribution of the Congress to the growth of Hyderabad and said that the transformation of the city into an IT and knowledge hub was the result of the policies of the Congress era. He thanked former Congress leaders, including P. Janardhan Reddy, for providing Krishna drinking water for Hyderabad, and S. Jaipal Reddy for playing a “pivotal role” in the development of the Metro Rail project. “Hyderabad now contributes 65% of Telangana’s income and Rangareddy district has the highest per capita income in India,” he pointed out.
Taking credit for the huge investment by global companies in Hyderabad in recent times, he said that during the Congress rule, Hyderabad attracted investments of $1 billion from Eli Lilly, American Airlines and McDonald’s and 70% of the Global Competence Centers (GCCs) of Fortune 500 companies were set up here.
The Chief Minister accused the BRS leadership of promoting a “pub culture” while the Congress government promoted a “culture of meeting and serving people”. “The BRS leaders preferred to mingle with film celebrities, while as Chief Minister I mingled with film workers.
Continuing his tirade against BRS working president KT Rama Rao, he said former chief minister K Chandrashekhar Rao saw the BRS disintegrating before his eyes because of “power-hungry KTR”. He also accused KTR of neglecting his own sister Kavitha while making “tall claims about social justice”.
Claiming that the Congress would win the Jubilee Hills by-election, he said the BJP must forfeit its deposit because of the “open understanding between Union Minister G Kishan Reddy and KTR” as the former pays his gratitude for all the help given to the latter.
Published – 9 Nov 2025 19:49 IST
