Hyderabad: Telangana Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy on Saturday criticized opposition BRS leader K Chandrasekhar Rao for attending assembly sessions only twice in the past 15 months and challenged him to a debate on the loss suffered by the state in utilising Krishna waters.
In a marathon reply to the motion of thanks to the Governor’s address to the legislature, he said since December 2023, when the Congress government assumed office, Rao had drawn a salary of over Rs 57 lakh as an MLA and opposition leader.
“The opposition leader, who takes a government salary, has left the people to their fate,” he said.
The Chief Minister made these comments in his reply to the Motion of Thanks to the Governor’s Address. A Revanth Reddy also criticised KCR for his absence from legislative proceedings.
He noted that KCR, now the Leader of the Opposition, had only attended the assembly twice in the past 15 months, despite drawing an annual salary of Rs 57,84,144.
Reddy’s remarks were in response to allegations made by the opposition. He stated that he would have answered any concerns raised by KCR if the former Chief Minister had been present in the assembly, suggesting that the absence reflected poorly on his commitment to legislative duties.
