Hyderabad, March 28 (RAHNUMA): The opposition Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) staged a walkout from the State Assembly on Saturday, protesting the government’s ‘neglect’ of key public sectors, including the police department, RTC and BC welfare.
Speaking in the House, senior BRS leader and former minister T. Harish Rao launched a scathing attack on the Congress government, by alleging that despite the police department being under the direct control of Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy, it was facing severe neglect.
Harish Rao said police personnel, who work round-the-clock serving the society, were being subjected to multiple hardships. He contrasted the current situation with the previous BRS regime led by K. Chandrashekar Rao, stating that 40,000 – 50,000 vacancies were filled and new commissionerates were established during that period.
He pointed out that several financial benefits to police personnel remain pending, including seven Travel Allowance (TA) bills, three surrender leave encashments, and five Dearness Allowance (DA) installments. He also criticised the cap of Rs.1 lakh on the police health security scheme and alleged that the Employees’ Health Scheme (EHS) was not being implemented effectively.
Raising further concerns, Harish Rao said promotions had been stalled and no police recruitment notifications had been issued since early 2024, leaving aspirants in uncertainty. He questioned the reported Rs.400 crore cut in the police budget and demanded an explanation from the government.
The BRS leader also accused the government of failing to fulfil promises made to RTC employees and not providing clarity on key issues such as the filling of 17,000 police vacancies, procurement of new vehicles for the force, and implementation of welfare measures for Backward Classes (BCs), including the BC Sub-Plan, and also criticised the ruling Congress against the failure to specify the effective date of appointment for the RTC employees as government servants.
Expressing dissatisfaction over the lack of concrete assurances from the ministers, BRS members staged a walkout, intensifying their protest against the government’s indifferent approach to critical public issues.
