Hyderabad: BRS senior leader Shaik Abdullah Sohail accused Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy of practising “tokenism dressed as transformation” by inducting former cricketer Md Azharuddin into the Cabinet. He said the move was a distraction from Congress’s failure to implement its Minority Declaration.
BRS on Minority Declaration says Revanth’s symbolism hides policy paralysis
Sohail told reporters that the Congress had betrayed Telangana’s minorities through broken promises. “Two years without representation followed by one token appointment is not reform — it’s reputation repair,” he said.
He called the Congress government’s ₹1,000-crore loan scheme “a phantom project.” “Not one rupee reached minority youth or women. That’s not a delay; that’s deceit,” he stated.
According to Sohail, out of ₹300 crore budgeted for 2024–25, nearly all remained unspent. “Spending ₹1 lakh on files instead of people sums up this government’s priorities,” he quipped.
Sohail said economic stagnation now defined minority localities. “Small shopkeepers in the Old City and artisans in Adilabad have been abandoned. They now depend on moneylenders to survive,” he said.
He also condemned the failure to launch the Abdul Kalam Taufa-e-Taleem scheme. “When both scholarships and employment schemes vanish, a generation loses hope,” he remarked.
Calling new programmes such as Indiramma Minority Mahila Yojana “cosmetic covers,” Sohail argued they were meant to buy time, not build trust. “Digital forms can’t fix digital exclusion,” he added.
He contrasted this with the BRS era, saying K Chandrashekar Rao’s administration delivered funds consistently. “We faced shortages, yet welfare never stopped. Congress inherited a working system and broke it,” Sohail said.
Demanding immediate release of funds, he asserted, “Empowerment begins with disbursals, not declarations. Telangana’s Muslims want results, not rhetoric.”
He urged Jubilee Hills voters to hold Congress accountable. “Ask them where the Minority Declaration has gone. The ballot will reveal the truth,” Sohail concluded.
