Harish Rao Accuses Revanth Reddy of Betraying Telangana’s Unemployed Youth

Siddipet MLA and former Minister T. Harish Rao launched a sharp attack on Telangana Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy, accusing him of turning governance into a “cash collection enterprise” and failing to deliver on his promise of two lakh government jobs. Addressing job aspirants at Jala Vihar on Friday during the launch of the “Congress Unemployment Dues Card,” Harish Rao accused the Chief Minister of misleading the state’s youth and damaging institutions built under the previous BRS regime.

Harish Rao alleged that Revanth Reddy, despite holding multiple portfolios, had failed in every administrative role except as a “Collections Minister.” He criticised the Congress government for neglecting employment generation, claiming that not a single promised job notification had been issued. Taking a dig at the ministers, he said Telangana had an Education Minister “with no education” and a Home Minister “facing the highest number of criminal cases,” asserting that “this government runs on threats, not governance.”

Highlighting the BRS government’s achievements, Harish Rao said his party had filled 1.64 lakh government posts, including SI, constable, teacher, health, and Group-IV recruitments, under transparent procedures. In contrast, he accused the Congress of merely distributing appointment letters for credit without genuine recruitment efforts.

He further slammed the Rajiv Yuva Vikasam scheme, calling it a “dead-on-arrival project” that had failed to benefit any unemployed youth. Mocking the government’s promises, he said, “They didn’t issue job notifications, but released liquor notifications. Their job calendar is a jobless calendar.”

Urging the youth to punish the Congress in the upcoming Jubilee Hills bypoll, Harish Rao vowed that the BRS would continue fighting for unemployed youth through statewide protests, both inside the Assembly and on the streets, until the government fulfills its employment promises.