Overview
- Pocharam Srinivas Reddy said he joined the Congress because Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy promised to release funds for Banswada and that those funds have not arrived as promised.
- The MLA spoke at the Manjeera check dam and publicly complained on Tuesday that Deputy Chief Minister Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka and Minister Ponguleti Srinivas Reddy ignored the chief minister’s instructions and did not answer his calls.
- Pocharam said contractors suspended housing, hospital and irrigation works after the government released about Rs 30 crore against a stated need of more than Rs 100 crore, leaving projects half finished.
- His remarks have produced friction inside the ruling party, with Congress leaders worried about expectations from defecting MLAs and BRS activists noting Pocharam’s praise for former chief minister K. Chandrashekar Rao.
- State project funding depends on ministerial approvals and phased releases, so alleged non‑compliance by named ministers could further delay local services and deepen political strains over constituency development.