BRS leaders on Monday joined the city’s auto drivers to highlight their financial struggles and broken promises. They travelled in auto-rickshaws across Jubilee Hills, pledging support for the drivers and urging voters to reject the Congress in the upcoming bye-election.
K. T. Rama Rao (KTR) accused Rahul Gandhi and the Congress of betraying Telangana’s auto drivers. He reminded that during the 2023 election campaign, Rahul Gandhi had travelled with auto drivers and promised to set up a Welfare Board and provide ₹12,000 annual support. Two years later, not a single promise was fulfilled.
KTR met Mashrat Ali, the auto driver who once drove Rahul Gandhi in Hyderabad. Ali said he was forced to sell both his autos due to financial hardship. Now, he rents an auto daily for ₹400 to earn about ₹1,000. “Congress betrayed us,” Ali said. “We received no help.”
KTR said Ali’s struggle represents the real state of Congress governance. He urged voters to stand with those betrayed by false promises and hold the government accountable in the Jubilee Hills election.
