DK Shivakumar Challenges BRS Leaders: Come Witness Karnataka’s Governance Success as State Schemes Flourish

Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar issued a bold challenge to Telangana leaders on Friday, inviting them to visit Karnataka and personally observe the effective implementation of state government schemes. The Deputy CM assured the people of Telangana that if the Congress comes to power in the state, all promises made by senior leaders, including Mallikarjun Kharge, Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi, and Revanth Reddy, would be fulfilled.

Addressing Telangana leaders, Shivakumar stated, “I am again telling K Chandrashekar Rao, K. T. Rama Rao, and all the people of BRS to come to Karnataka. We have implemented all the promises. Send your workers, MLAs; we will show you whatever we have promised we have implemented, and that is what we are going to do in Telangana.”

Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah expressed confidence in Revanth Reddy winning from both contested constituencies and defeating Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao in Kamareddy during the upcoming assembly elections on November 30.

Responding to claims that guarantee schemes were not implemented in Karnataka, Siddaramaiah invited KCR for an open discussion on how the state successfully implemented five guarantee schemes within 100 days. He dismissed the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) as similar entities, asserting that BRS functions as the B team of BJP in Telangana.

The upcoming assembly elections in Telangana are expected to witness a triangular contest between the BJP, the ruling Bharat Rashtra Samithi, and the Congress. In the 2018 Assembly election, the BRS secured a significant victory with 88 out of 119 seats, holding 47.4% of the total vote share, while the Congress secured 19 seats.