Hyderabad, March 11 -- The Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) launched the 'Pay CM' campaign against Telangana chief minister A Revanth Reddy on Monday, March 10.

The campaign comes in solidarity with small contractors protesting the Telangana government's non-payment of dues. The civil contractors alleged that middlemen sought a 20 percent commission of the works as a bribe for clearing their bills.

As part of the campaign, BRS has launched a QR Code with CM Revanth's face on it and an appeal which reads "20 percent commission accepted here".

In 2023, Karnataka Congress launched a similar campaign against the then chief minister Basavaraj Bommai with a tag line 'Pay CM' ahead of the Karnataka Assembly elections.

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