Overview
- Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy proposed linking vehicles to owners at registration and deducting traffic challans directly from bank accounts as part of stricter enforcement.
- Reddy also urged removal of fine discounts in drunk-driving cases and told police not to grant waivers to those issued challans.
- Telangana BJP president N Ramchander Rao condemned the proposal as an invasion of privacy and alleged hypocrisy, recalling Congress objections to the Centre’s Sanchar Saathi initiative.
- BRS leader Dasoju Sravan labeled auto-debit unconstitutional, citing Articles 21 and 300A, arguing it would punish without trial and negate the option to contest challans under Section 200 of the Motor Vehicles Act.
- Entrepreneur Nayini Anurag Reddy and social media users questioned the plan on legal and ethical grounds and pressed for accountability on road conditions, while no legislation or implementation mechanism has been announced.