HYDERABAD : Minister for Transport and BC Welfare, Ponnam Prabhakar, challenged the BRS party to engage in an open debate regarding the injustice that was meted to the BC’s during the pink party’s rule. Speaking to reporters in Hyderabad on Saturday, he questioned why, in the 23 years since the BRS’ founding, no BC leader has been made party president.
He also said, “Before the Assembly elections, the BJP promised to appoint a BC leader as chief minister if elected. However, the state president of BJP, Bandi Sanjay, a BC leader, was subsequently removed.”
He highlighted that since the Congress came into power, `150 crore have been allocated for the welfare of BCs.
Ponnam criticised the previous BRS administration, stating that despite receiving lakhs of applications under the BC Bandhu scheme, no action was taken.
Meanwhile, Congress MLA Medipally Satyam said that if Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy desires, the BRS will be emptied within 24 hours. He recommended to BRS leaders T Harish Rao and KTR that after the Lok Sabha polls, it would be preferable to convert the Telangana Bhavan, the BRS party office, into a luxury hotel.