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BJP State president and Union Minister of Coal and Mines G. Kishan Reddy said that the country has witnessed remarkable growth in all sectors over the past 11 years under the dynamic leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, while the previous Congress-led governments were known for ‘inefficiency’ and ‘corruption’.

Addressing the Viksit Bharat Sankalp meeting, Mr. Kishan Reddy said, “People voted the BJP to power as they wanted to unseat the corrupt Congress government in 2014,” he said.

Drawing parallels between the Modi government and the Manmohan Singh-led UPA government, the BJP leader alleged that the Singh government was considered a puppet government.

Referring to India’s recent retaliation to the Pakistan-sponsored Pahalgam terrorist attack, Mr. Reddy said that Operation Sindoor had taught a befitting lesson to Pakistan. “During the previous government led by Congress, Pakistan used to have a field day carrying out terrorists at its will. But things have now entirely changed under the Modi government,” Kishan Reddy claimed.

Under the Modi government, the Union Minister said that basic amenities in rural India had been improved significantly, while rural roads and national highways were also built on a large scale. “While there are 33 districts in Telangana, 32 districts have been connected with national highways,” he said, crediting Modi for the massive infrastructure development in Telangana.

Mr. Reddy also slammed both the ruling Congress and the main Opposition BRS for “failing to fulfill people’s aspirations”.

“People are vexed with the corrupt BRS and voted it out of power. Then, they believed in the tall promises made by the Congress, but the Revanth Reddy government has miserably failed to fulfill the poll promises,” he said.

Several BJP top leaders, including Union Minister Bandi Sanjay Kumar, Mahabubnagar MP D.K. Aruna, National OBC Morcha president K. Laxman, TG party in-charge Sunil Bansal, former Governor Ch. Vidyasagar Rao, and BJP LP leader Aleti Maheshwar Reddy, were present.