India, March 19 -- Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS), Telangana's opposition party launched a sharp attack on Chief Minister Revanth Reddy's government questioning the state's financial priorities after the revelation that the state is facing a Rs.71,000 crore revenue shortfall.

Senior BRS leader KT Rama Rao questioned the Congress government for allocating a staggering amount for the Formula-E race event and the organisation of the Miss World Pageant show despite the financial woes.

According to KTR, the Congress government led by Revanth Reddy allocated Rs.200 crore for hosting the 72nd Miss World pageant, while another Rs.46 crore was spent on the Formula-E race event.

All this at a time with a deficit of Rs.71,000 crore, especially when...