Revanth a ‘Hybrid Chief Minister’: KTR

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BRS working president K. T. Rama Rao (KTR) launched a sharp attack on Telangana Chief Minister Revanth Reddy, describing him as a “hybrid Chief Minister” and alleging inconsistency in his political stand. Speaking at a party workers’ meeting held in Peerzadiguda, Medchal–Malkajgiri district on Wednesday, KTR said the Chief Minister behaves like a Congress representative in the morning and aligns with the BJP in the evening, claiming this reflects instability in his governance style.

KTR said such “hybrid politics” is now visible in administration as well. He stressed that as per constitutional procedure, census should be conducted first, followed by delimitation and only then structural changes. He said the BRS would support any reasonable proposal that does not harm southern states, but warned of strong resistance, including protests, if injustice is done to the South.

He strongly opposed linking women’s reservation with delimitation and seat restructuring. The BRS, he said, fully supports women’s reservation and has consistently backed it from the beginning. He recalled that under K. Chandrashekar Rao’s leadership, the party passed unanimous resolutions in the Assembly and Legislative Council supporting the bill, and implemented 50% reservation for women in local bodies and 33% in market committees to strengthen women’s empowerment.

KTR questioned why a simple issue like women’s reservation was being made complicated. He asked why it cannot be implemented directly in the existing 543 Lok Sabha seats and Telangana’s 119 Assembly seats without linking it to seat expansion or delimitation exercises.

He also criticized the proposed division of GHMC, alleging double standards from the Chief Minister. He questioned why GHMC representatives, ZPTC members, or MLAs were not consulted before such proposals, while rules are demanded from others. He said Congress must avoid contradictory statements and act responsibly as a national party. He also pointed out confusion over claims that Lok Sabha seats would increase by 50%, saying the Bill does not clearly mention it.

Referring to the broader delimitation issue, KTR said the BRS has been raising concerns since 2022. He warned that population-based seat redistribution would severely harm southern states. He recalled that the 1971 freeze on delimitation was introduced due to population control measures, which southern states successfully implemented over decades.

He asked whether states that followed national population policies should now be “punished.” He said the southern states currently hold around 24% representation in the Lok Sabha and insisted this must not be reduced under any circumstance. He warned that even a 0.01% reduction would be unacceptable. He said any attempt to alter this balance would trigger strong resistance across the six southern states and could lead to a broader political movement.

KTR used a strong warning, saying those tampering with southern representation are “sitting on a powder keg,” and indicated that multiple political forces would unite to resist such moves. He reaffirmed that the BRS stance on delimitation remains unchanged and firm, and any reduction in representation would lead to a mass movement across South India.