Overview
- Revanth Reddy invited the opposition to a debate in the Assembly on the Kaleshwaram project, Krishna and Godavari water sharing, and alleged phone tapping, saying the government is ready for discussions of any length.
- Speaking in Kodangal, he announced a Special Development Fund of Rs 5 lakh for small villages and Rs 10 lakh for major gram panchayats and promised to attract industrial units to create local jobs.
- He touted welfare delivery, citing fine rice for poor households, 200 units of free electricity, Rs 9,000 crore disbursed under Rythu Bharosa in nine months, free bus travel for women, and one crore sarees distributed.
- BRS leaders including T. Harish Rao and K. P. Vivekananda condemned the Chief Minister’s language as abusive, challenged his claims on development by crediting BRS-era progress on projects like SLBC, and forecast political backlash in Kodangal.
- Union minister Bandi Sanjay Kumar criticized the Chief Minister’s rhetoric, accused K. Chandrasekhar Rao of conceding 299 TMC in Krishna allocations and presiding over large-scale phone tapping, and a Congress MP urged KCR to attend Assembly debates.