Congress to raise agitation heat in Telangana

Hyderabad: The main Opposition Congress has decided to hold a series of agitations to “expose the government’s failures”. The Congress, which has lost all byelections to the TRS since 2014, thinks it is the only political alternative to the TRS.

It has decided to take up three key issues involving farmers, students and the poor. On October 19, the party will protest in the city against the lack of progress on the two-bedroom scheme. TPCC president N. Uttam kumar Reddy said the government had not moved an of inch in the direction of constructing over 1 lakh BHK houses it promised to the poor in the capital.

The next day, the Congress is organising a major meeting in Mahbubabad to highlight the farmers’ problems especially on the government not implementing the third instalment of loan waiver.

On October 21, the party will mobilise students across the state against the non-implementation of fee reimbursement, costing Rs 3,200 crore. “This government scaled down the original commitment of the Congress that each and every eligible student will get the fee reimbursement,” Mr Reddy said.

To culminate the series of agitations, he said the party will organise a public meeting on December 2. He said the venue, however, is not yet decided.