Congress and BRS party leaders are furious that Telangana has been given zero in the Union Budget-2025 presented by the central government in Parliament. Congress leaders are lamenting that it is unfair that the central government has not taken into account the requests made by the Chief Minister Revanth Reddy visiting Delhi several times. They are sighing that the center has shown its hand despite asking for funds for the provisions of the AP Reorganization Act and newly proposed projects.
The zero budget flexes suddenly surfaced in Hyderabad soon after the Union Budget was presented in the Parliament. They were reportedly kept by the BRS have become a hot topic in the city. BRS is expressing anger that although Congress has 8 MPs and BJP has 8 MPs in Telangana, they have completely failed to get projects and funds for the state.
The pink leaders are furious over the comments made by Union Minister Bandi Sanjay that this time the budget presented will change the course of the country and another Union Minister Kishan Reddy that Telangana is a partner in the central budget. They are expressing anger that they could not bring anything to the state despite having so many MPs. Meanwhile, flexes related to the zero budget have also gone viral on social media.
On the other hand, the Telangana Congress is also angry over the budget. The party leaders are furious that the budget allocated to Telangana in the budget of Rs. 50.65 lakh crore is zero. To this extent, they have called for large-scale protests on Sunday and Monday. A huge dharna will be held at the Tankbund Ambedkar statue alleging that Telangana has been discriminated against in the allocations.
TPCC President Mahesh Kumar Goud has called for the party ranks to participate in large numbers in this regard. The Congress has also called on the party ranks to take up protest programs across the state on Monday. It suggested that protest programs be held at the local Ambedkar statues in every village, and that Congress MLAs, MLCs, and leaders of affiliated organizations participate. It ordered that effigies of Prime Minister Modi and Union ministers be burned.
