KTR declares 2025 as ‘year of struggle,’ plans statewide padayatra

BRS working president K.T. Rama Rao plans protests against Telangana government, considering padayatra to expose failures.

BRS working president K.T. Rama Rao announced on Thursday that 2025 will be a “Year of struggle” with the BRS launching protests against the Congress-led Telangana government. He also shared that he was considering undertaking a padayatra across the State next year.

Speaking to the media after attending a party workers’ meeting in Suryapet, on Thursday, KTR mentioned he would go on a padayatra, to highlight people’s problems and expose the government’s failures.

Earlier, addressing the BRS workers meet, he held Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy responsible for the drought conditions and water crisis that led to the drying of crops at several places in the State. “This is not a drought caused by nature but by the incompetence of the Congress government,” he alleged.

He said: “While the KCR-led government ensured 36% utilisation of the Krishna River water, the current administration has failed to even reach 24%. He also criticised the present government for not repairing the Medigadda barrage allowing the Godavari water to flow into Andhra Pradesh.”

KTR also highlighted that the erstwhile Nalgonda district continues to face water shortage despite Minister for Irrigation Uttam Kumar Reddy hailing from the district.

KTR called upon BRS party workers to ensure the silver jubilee celebrations at Warangal on April 27 are a historic event. He warned the Congress and BJP not to underestimate the BRS as it was rising like a phoenix and April 27 would mark the first step in the party’s resurgence.