HYDERABAD: BRS working president KT Rama Rao on Sunday challenged turncoat MLAs to resign and seek reelection. “If they have guts, let them resign and contest in bypolls,” he said.
Addressing the pink party workers from Serilingampally Assembly segment, the BRS leader wondered: “Does Revanth Reddy have the courage to face bypolls?”
Rama Rao challenged the chief minister to convince the defected MLAs to resign and seek reelection if they truly believed they have public support.
“Revanth should present the details of his 20-month rule to the people and face byelections as a referendum on his governance,” he said.
Referring to the recent Supreme Court order, he said: “MLAs who shifted their loyalties are now struck with fear of defeat. These MLAs, including the legislator from Serilingampally, defected for personal and political gain, and not for the cause of people.”
Alleged that the Congress government was weaponising HYDRAA’s task force to blackmail people, he said: “It is because of HYDRAA’s unlawful activities that Hyderabad’s real estate sector has collapsed.”
“Do HYDRAA officials have the courage to demolish the illegal house built by Revanth Reddy’s brother Tirupati Reddy in the Durgam Cheruvu FTL zone?” he asked.
Welcomes OpenAI to start operations in Hyd
Meanwhile, Rama Rao welcomed OpenAI CEO Sam Altman announcing his company’s decision to open its first office in India and pitched Hyderabad as an ideal destination for its operations. He highlighted Hyderabad’s unique strengths as an innovation hub and recalled how successive governments in Telangana worked towards making the state the ‘AI capital of India’.
“This city offers India’s most vibrant innovation ecosystem — THub, WEHub, TWorks, Telangana State Innovation Cell, Research and Innovation Circle of Hyderabad. It’s the preferred hub for global tech giants like Microsoft, Google, Amazon, Meta, Apple, Qualcomm & many more,” he said.