Overview
- On Friday, 43 students at a residential school in Chandu Naik Thanda, Madhapur, fell ill after lunch in a suspected food-poisoning incident, followed by 90 at the Bagh Lingampally Minorities Welfare Residential School on Saturday.
- The affected children were treated at King Kothi Government Hospital, where BRS leader T. Harish Rao visited patients and consulted doctors on their condition.
- BRS accused Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy, who also holds the education portfolio, of negligence and questioned spending priorities, citing alleged ₹70 crore from Singareni for Lionel Messi’s visit and ₹5 crore for a practice stadium at MCRHRD.
- Party leaders flagged complaints about poor hostel meals, including coarse and undercooked rice, and referenced a recent report of worms in rice at a BC Welfare Residential School in Shameerpet.
- BRS also alleged irregularities in the purchase of 36,288 bunker beds for Kasturba Gandhi schools and sought a probe, with no official investigation outcome on the latest illnesses reported yet.