TPCC chief Revanth Reddy criticized that KCR has truly become evil. He made harsh comments that the sarpanches in the state are wanting KCR to leave the state completely. He said that the law brought by KCR will be repealed when Congress comes to power. Revanth Reddy participated in the dharna organized by the Congress at Dharna Chowk on the issues of Sarpanchs. He expressed concern that a sarpanch in Sirisilla had committed suicide due to KCR’s behavior and another sarpanch in Munugodu was raising alms.
Revanth questioned whether there is any self-respect left for the Sarpanchs who played a key role in accomplishing the separate Telangana state formation movement. It was alleged that the KCR government had diverted Rs 35,000 crores of panchayat funds. He criticized that the contracts of Megha Krishna Reddy and Pratima Srinivas were paid with those funds. He called the sarpanches to stop begging and fight against the government.
Revanth said that KCR and KTR have the credit for worsening Hyderabad city. He explained that the employees in the state are not even paid properly, and the state has taken a loan of Rs 28,000 crores for the salaries. Revanth said that the state has been turned into a pile of debt, and demanded immediate release of the funds of the sarpanches. He complained that the rights of Sarpanchs were being written down, further accused of stealing panchayat funds.
Revanth said that the sarpanches have spent as much as property on development works and want the government to divert and deposit the funds immediately. Revanth also demanded a compensation of Rs 1 crore to the sarpanches’ families, those who committed suicide. He then added that there was police surveillance on the Sarpanchs and there was no opportunity to protest in the state.
He lamented that KCR had created a situation where they could not pay their debts and take their lives due to a lack of funds. He alleged that the government, which spent time without giving cheque power to anyone in the first year, is causing trouble to the Sarpanchs even after that. The Sarpanchs said that it would be better if the CM and the Deputy CM were given the same cheque power as the Sarpanch and Sub-Sarpanch.