BRS working president K Tarakarama Rao and former minister T Harish Rao unveiled a 2025 calendar themed on minority welfare, prepared by senior leader Shaik Abdullah Sohail, at Telangana Bhavan on Monday.
The calendar highlights welfare schemes implemented by the BRS government over the past decade and includes quotes from BRS Chief K. Chandrashekhar Rao.
Each page of the calendar covers two months, featuring images and details of key initiatives such as Shadi Mubarak, minority residential schools and colleges, and the appointment of Muslim leaders to prominent positions, including Deputy Chief Minister and Home Minister.
The calendar also showcases significant developments such as the construction of mosques in the new Secretariat, renovation of the Jamia Nizamia auditorium, restoration of Aneesul Ghurba, and the distribution of Ramzan gifts.
Speaking at the event, BRS leaders emphasised the party’s commitment to inclusive governance and social justice, describing empowering minorities as a responsibility. They also stressed the importance of accessible education for all.
They said the development must be inclusive and uplift every community without leaving anyone behind. The event was attended by former Deputy Chief Minister Mahmood Ali and other senior leaders.
Speaking to media persons later, Abdullah Sohail praised the previous BRS government’s decade-long efforts, stating that minorities experienced unprecedented development under its rule.
He highlighted that the appointment of a Muslim Deputy Chief Minister in the first term and a Home Minister in the second term symbolised empowerment.
He added that several Muslims were nominated as MLCs, heads of various corporations, reflecting the party’s commitment to inclusive governance.
However, Sohail criticised the current Congress government led by Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy, accusing it of suppressing minorities and dismantling welfare initiatives implemented by the BRS.
He said that in its one year of governance, Congress had failed minorities and destroyed the welfare programs that transformed lives over the last decade.
On the occasion, a poster detailing the alleged failures of the Congress government was also unveiled.
It listed several incidents of communal violence and discrimination, including communal riots in Sangareddy and Daulatabad; attacks on Muslim youth in Suryapet; an attempted desecration of Masjid-e-Habeeb Unnisa in Serilingampally; demolition of the 200-year-old Qutub Shahi Masjid in Moinabad; an attack on Muslim girls offering Namaz by Bajrang Dal activists in Wanaparthy with no police action; communal riots in Jainoor where four mosques were vandalised and properties burned, and the desecration of the Mutyalamma temple in Kummariguda, Secunderabad.
The poster also accused the Congress government of neglecting minorities, citing that no Muslim had been appointed as a minister even after a year in power.
Additional allegations included the proposed removal of Charminar from the State logo, the official reference to Hyderabad as “Bhagyanagar” in a State document, and the removal of minorities from official government orders.
Abdullah Sohail further criticised the Congress for failing to fulfil any of the 12 promises made in its Minorities Declaration, including increasing the minorities welfare budget to Rs 4,000 crore, allocating Rs 1,000 crore annually for subsidised loans to minority youth, providing financial assistance for higher education under the Abdul Kalam Taufa-e-Taleem scheme, and protecting land for Muslim and Christian graveyards.
He said the BRS would continue to expose the failures of the Congress government by conducting awareness programmes across the Telangana State.