Hyderabad, March 20 -- Union Minister and BJP's Telangana State President G Kishan Reddy on Thursday slammed the state government over budget saying that it is based on "cooked up numbers and gimmicks."

G Kishan Reddy, in a statement released from his office, said, "The budget is not based on reality but cooked up numbers. The Government of Telangana under the Congress Party continues to mislead the people of the state with unrealistic numbers. This is clear testimony to the incompetence of the state government under the Congress Party."

Attacking the Revanth Reddy-led Telangana government, Reddy said people have started to lose hope over the implementation of promised schemes.

"People have started to lose hope in the implementation of...