Pending payments and stalled subsidies for Sircilla’s weavers have become a central political issue ahead of Telangana Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy’s visit to the constituency on Wednesday, even as the Congress government prepares to announce and inaugurate development works estimated at around Rs 345 crore.
Bharat Rashtra Samithi spokesperson Putta Vishnuvardhan Reddy questioned the status of promises made to weavers and other groups, including youth, women, students and farmers. Speaking to ANI, he asked why pending payments to weavers had not been cleared, why subsidies were stalled and why the textile sector had not received a stronger push across Telangana.
The remarks came before the Chief Minister’s scheduled programme in Sircilla, which is represented by BRS working president K. T. Rama Rao. The constituency has acquired political significance because Rama Rao, commonly known as KTR, has represented it for several years and is a prominent leader of the opposition party.
Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee president Mahesh Kumar Goud said he would accompany Revanth Reddy to Sircilla and described the constituency as an important centre for the weaver community. He alleged that the area had not seen development despite KTR’s long representation of the constituency, and said the Chief Minister and other ministers would announce development and welfare activities during the visit.
The programme follows the Chief Minister’s visit to Karimnagar, where he is scheduled to inaugurate the Integrated District Offices Complex, lay foundation stones for various development works and review the functioning of district departments with officials. He will then travel to Sircilla for a Congress roadshow and public meeting.
The roadshow is planned over approximately four kilometres, from Ambedkar Chowrasta to the public meeting venue. At the venue, the Chief Minister is scheduled to inaugurate and lay foundation stones for development works estimated at around Rs 345 crore before addressing the gathering.
The competing claims place Sircilla’s textile economy alongside the wider question of how state welfare commitments reach concentrated occupational communities. The supplied report does not provide details of the pending dues, the value of stalled subsidies, the number of affected weavers or the specific textile-sector measures expected to be announced. It also does not include a response from the state government addressing the allegations raised by the BRS spokesperson.
The immediate administrative milestones are the Chief Minister’s review meeting in Karimnagar, the Sircilla roadshow and the inauguration or foundation-laying programme for the identified development works. Further details of the welfare measures and textile-related announcements are expected during the public meeting.
