Harish accepts CM Revanth's challenge on Irrigation Projects

Complete Warangal Super Speciality Hospital immediately or face indefinite hunger strike on Warangal soil, warns Harish

BRS Deputy Floor Leader Harish Rao has accepted Chief Minister Revanth Reddy's challenge for an open debate on irrigation projects in the Telangana Assembly. Speaking to the media after inspecting the ongoing construction of the Super Speciality Hospital in Warangal alongside BRS leaders including former ministers Errabelli Dayakar Rao, Satyavathi Rathod and others. Harish said, "We accept your challenge. Discuss without cutting the mic (microphone) or turning the cameras away. We're ready to debate any project for any number of days. Let the people decide who did what."

Harish Rao lambasted the Congress government for its negligence, highlighting the Devadula project's stagnation despite multiple deadline changes—from March 2026 by Minister Ponguleti Srinivas Reddy, to March 2027 by Uttam Kumar Reddy, and now December 2025 by the CM. He credited BRS's recent visit for prompting the CM's hasty review, which activated all motors at Sammakka Barrage, calling it a victory for farmers. Under KCR's regime, BRS spent ₹7,300 crore to irrigate 3.2 lakh acres, built barrages on Godavari spanning 312 km, and provided water to 48 lakh acres in nine years. In contrast, he accused Congress of failing to irrigate even one lakh acres in 2.5 years, cooperating with Andhra on Nallamala Sagar, and neglecting land acquisition and motor maintenance, leading to crop losses.

On healthcare, Harish Rao criticized the CM's focus on commission-yielding "Future City" real estate over the life-saving Warangal Health City. The 2,000-bed Super Speciality Hospital, with 24 floors completed under BRS, should have opened by Dussehra 2024, but remains stalled due to design changes and fund mismanagement. He warned of a BRS hunger strike in Warangal if not inaugurated soon with full staff—2,000 nurses, 1,500 doctors, 1,000 paramedics—and equipment, rejecting partial OP services as reducing it to a "basti dawakhana." 

 "Stop vendetta politics and focus on completing the hospital for the poor," he urged, noting Congress's failure to allocate even one rupee for journalists in two budgets.