BJP questions ₹5.5 lakh crore investment claims, slams GHMC expansion plan

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The Telangana BJP has questioned the credibility of the ₹5.5 lakh crore concern claims made during the ‘Telangana Rising Global Summit’, and demanded the Government to beryllium transparent astir the companies’ antecedents connected whether they are 'blacklisted' arsenic immoderate of them “lacked nationalist recognition" and others cannot warrant their superior strength.”

Speaking to the media astatine the enactment bureau connected Wednesday, BJP State president N. Ramchander Rao said the enactment had supported the conclave expecting investments into the superior and jobs for the younker and demanded “full disclosure” of agreements and details of the companies that signed the pacts to guarantee transparency.

“Signing agreements with specified companies and exaggerating the Telangana Global Summit is thing but misleading the public. If Chief Minister Revanth Reddy makes deals with fake companies, Hyderabad volition go a unfortunate of the world’s biggest fraud,” helium said.

He besides attributed governmental motives to the Congress government’s program to grow the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) by merging 20 municipalities, 7 municipal corporations, and cardinal gram panchayats connected the city’s outskirts.

Strongly opposing the move, Mr. Rao claimed the determination was aimed astatine benefiting the Majlis Party (AIMIM - All India Majlis Ittahdul Muslimeen) alternatively than serving nationalist interest. He accused the authorities of utilizing the enlargement to manipulate ward divisions and unafraid mayoral positions for the party. Urging citizens to taxable objections wrong a week, helium reiterated that this is not a “Hindu-Muslim issue” but a combat betwixt “development and corrupt governance.”

The authorities claims the enlargement volition summation GHMC’s colonisation from 69 lakh voters to 1.69 crore, making Hyderabad the largest metropolis successful the country, dispersed crossed astir 2,000 sq. km and reorganized into 300 wards. However, the erstwhile MLC argued that galore existing GHMC wards deficiency due roads, sewerage systems, and basal infrastructure. Instead of addressing these issues, the authorities is adding much areas to the municipal corporation, helium said.

Mr. Rao warned that residents of recently added areas could look steep hikes successful spot taxes—“almost treble the existent rates”—despite inadequate civic infrastructure. He accused the ruling Congress of making gangly claims for publicity, saying its decisions are driven by “optics alternatively than genuine governance”. He called upon the authorities to enactment transparently and guarantee “real justice” for the radical alternatively of taking decisions for governmental advantage.

‘Farmers misled'

In a abstracted property release, authoritative spokesperson N.V. Subash demanded that the Government travel cleanable connected its contradictory stance regarding the Future City task and the earlier program of Pharma City successful Yacharam mandal. The enactment accused the Government of ‘misleading’ the section farming assemblage aft having promised successful its predetermination manifesto to support their lands and scrap the Pharma City proposal.

“Farmers are questioning however the authorities tin denote a Future City connected the aforesaid land. If it intends to proceed with the project, volition the authorities retreat its earlier affidavit to the High Court affirming its committedness to Pharma City,” helium asked.

Published - December 10, 2025 06:55 p.m. IST

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