Telangana Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy launched the attack on BRS president and former Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao during a public meeting at Edulapuram in Khammam district on January 18, 2026. Revanth accused the previous BRS government of holding back development and said the party should be politically buried by voters.
The remarks came after Revanth inaugurated and laid foundation stones for development works worth about ₹362 crore in Edulapuram and surrounding areas. The projects included the Munneru-Paleru link canal, a JNTU college, a government nursing college, a 100-bed hospital at Kusumanchi and a new agricultural market yard.
Key facts
- Revanth Reddy made the remarks in Edulapuram, Khammam district, on January 18, 2026.
- He accused the KCR-led BRS of obstructing Telangana’s development during its time in power.
- His call to bury the BRS referred to defeating the party politically.
- The speech followed the launch and inauguration of development works valued at about ₹362 crore.
- No reliable report reviewed from the last 24 hours shows Revanth making a fresh statement with the same wording.
Revanth targets BRS record under KCR
Revanth used the Khammam meeting to contrast the Congress government’s welfare and development programme with the decade of BRS rule. He accused the previous government of failing poor families who had expected double-bedroom houses and criticised its record on issuing new ration cards.
He said the Congress government had sanctioned 4.5 lakh Indiramma houses and highlighted welfare measures including free electricity of up to 200 units for eligible households. He presented those programmes alongside the Khammam projects as part of his argument that the Congress was delivering development that, according to him, had been delayed under the previous government.
Revanth also invoked former chief minister N T Rama Rao while attacking KCR and the BRS. He accused KCR of working to weaken the Telugu Desam Party in Telangana and argued that defeating the BRS at the grassroots level would be an appropriate political response from NTR supporters.
The Chief Minister also said Congress intended to remain in power for another decade and continue its development programme. His January remarks formed part of a wider political confrontation with the BRS over the records of the two governments, but the specific statement described in the selected headline dates to the Edulapuram meeting rather than a fresh speech in the past day.