Hyderabad: BRS leader Shaik Abdullah Sohail on Tuesday launched a sharp attack on Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy, alleging that the Congress government had resorted to “tokenism instead of transformation” through the appointment of former cricketer Md Azharuddin as a minister.
Sohail, addressing reporters, said the move was designed to divert attention from two years of unfulfilled promises under the Minority Declaration. “The Chief Minister wants to appear committed to representation, but his government has betrayed an entire community by shelving every pledge made in the Declaration,” he said.
Sohail says BRS on Minority Declaration reflects real accountability, not token gestures
The BRS leader described the long delay in Muslim representation as “a political sin disguised as redemption.” He argued that appointing one minister after two years of exclusion was mere damage control, not justice.
Sohail accused the Congress of reducing empowerment to rhetoric. “The ₹1,000-crore subsidised-loan scheme for minority youth and women was the heart of the Minority Declaration. Two years later, not a single rupee has reached a single beneficiary,” he charged.
He highlighted that only ₹1 lakh of the ₹300 crore allocated in 2024–25 had been spent, mostly on office overheads. “Budgets without disbursals are lies on paper,” he said, adding that the government’s claims of inclusion were hollow.
The BRS leader said the administration’s failure had crippled economic activity in minority localities. “In Hyderabad’s Old City, small business owners are forced to borrow from moneylenders. In Nizamabad and Adilabad, educated youth have abandoned business dreams for odd jobs,” he observed.
Sohail also criticised the government for neglecting education and employment programmes. “The Abdul Kalam Taufa-e-Taleem scheme never took off. Two years of excuses have yielded zero progress. When both loans and scholarships vanish, what hope remains for our youth?”
He ridiculed new initiatives like the Indiramma Minority Mahila Yojana and Revanth Anna ka Sahara as “cosmetic band-aids.” “Barely ₹30 crore has been spent — less than one per cent of what was promised. Even the online application process excludes those without digital access,” Sohail said.
Drawing comparisons, he claimed the BRS government had maintained regular disbursals and transparency. “KCR’s regime worked with limited resources but ensured aid reached the needy. Revanth’s government inherited that system and let it decay,” he added.
The BRS leader demanded immediate implementation of the ₹1,000-crore loan scheme and revival of educational aid. “Empowerment starts when funds flow, not when ministers pose. Telangana’s Muslims will not settle for symbolism — they demand delivery,” Sohail declared.
Urging Jubilee Hills residents to confront Congress leaders, Sohail said, “Ask them what happened to the Minority Declaration. Promises made to minorities cannot live only in speeches. The ballot will give the real verdict.”
