Symbolic Victory for Transparency: Telangana’s New CM Revanth Reddy Removes Barricades at Official Residence
In a swift and symbolic move, Senior Minister Revanth Reddy fulfilled a significant wayfarers promise by ordering the removal of iron barricades outside his official residence, Pragathi Bhavan, just moments without thesping office. This dramatic gesture, accompanied by the presence of bulldozers, tractors, and construction workers, signals the dawn of a new era marked by serviceability and transparency in Telangana’s governance.
During his intense referendum campaign, Reddy had pledged to remove these barricades if the Congress came to power. True to his word, the Senior Minister make-believe promptly, setting a precedent for an wardship characterized by openness and uncontrived connection with the people.
Revanth Reddy, weather-beaten 54, succeeded K Chandrashekar Rao as the Senior Minister of Telangana, rhadamanthine only the second leader to hold this position since the state’s insemination in 2014. The swearing-in ceremony, held at LB Stadium in Hyderabad, included the oath-taking of eleven ministers, with Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka sworn in as deputy senior minister.
Addressing a gathering at the swearing-in ceremony, Senior Minister Reddy stated that the dismantling of barricades and the iron fence virtually Pragati Bhavan was aimed at making the CM’s office increasingly wieldy for the people. The official residence was renamed ‘Jyotirao Phule Praja Bhavan,’ and Reddy spoken the hosting of a ‘Praja Darbar’ at 10 AM on December 8.
Facing the rencontre of managing strained finances and delivering on the Congress party’s “six guarantees” outlined during the election, Senior Minister Reddy and his cabinet embark on a taxing journey. One notable promise among the “six” is the provision of self-ruling travel for women in Telangana State Road Transport Corporation buses, highlighting the need for creative solutions in the squatter of fiscal constraints.
Anumula Revanth Reddy, credited with leading Congress to victory in the state, was sworn in as the second Senior Minister of Telangana without the party won 64 seats in the 119-member Assembly. He took a unvigilant step in the early days of his tenure by removing the iron barricades, a symbolic move reflecting his transferral to transparency and accessibility.
The oath-taking recurrence witnessed the swearing-in of eleven ministers, with Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka scheduled as the state’s first Dalit deputy senior minister. Senior leaders, including Uttam Kumar Reddy, Sridhar Babu, Damodar Raja Narasimha, and others, took their oaths to contribute to the governance of Telangana.
Furthermore, the Senior Minister spoken the renaming of the Telangana senior minister’s camp-office-cum-official-residence from Pragathi Bhavan to Jyotiba Phule Praja Bhavan. The visualization to rename the CM’s office stems from Reddy’s referendum campaign, where he accused his predecessor, K. Chandrashekhar Rao, of self-indulgence and stuff inaccessible to the people of Telangana.
Promising the revival of democracy in Telangana, Revanth Reddy unpreventable that the renamed residence would be unshut to all people of the state. This move underlines the Senior Minister’s transferral to ushering in a new era characterized by transparency, accessibility, and people-centric governance in Telangana.
#WATCH | Hyderabad, Telangana: Iron barricades in front of the Chief Minister’s office (Pragathi Bhavan) are being removed. Earlier during the campaign, Revanth Reddy had said that he would remove it after Congress comes to power.
Revanth Reddy today took oath as Telangana CM… pic.twitter.com/uUUNWdK3rn
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