Chief Minister Revanth Reddy has come under criticism for claiming implementation of six guarantees in Telangana, with political observers and opposition questioning the claims, while his recent remarks in Kerala and past statements have also triggered controversies.
Hyderabad: Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy continues to make false claims about the implementation of his party’s poll promises of six guarantees in Telangana.
Even while attracting severe criticism for not implementing the six guarantees in Telangana, Revanth Reddy was so brazen that he had even challenged Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan and his ministers to visit Telangana to review their implementation.
The much-publicised six guarantees in Telangana include Rs.2,500 monthly assistance for women, a pension increase to Rs.4,000, a Rs.5 lakh Vidya Bharosa card for students, Rs.15,000 annual support per acre for farmers and tenant farmers, and Rs.12,000 for agricultural labourers. But even after completion of two years of his term, these promises remain unimplemented in the State. Despite this, Chief Minister Revanth Reddy continued his claims while releasing the UDF manifesto in Kerala and stated that his government had implemented the six guarantees in Telangana.
Interestingly, the CPM, which was expected to respond sharply to his claims, confined itself to issuing press statements. For some unexplained reasons, it has so far failed to list out the unfulfilled electoral promises of the Congress either...
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