Hyderabad, March 6 -- Calling it a"warning sign for the economy", ex-finance minister and Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) MLA on Thursday, March 6, said the Congress-run Telangana government should "acknowledge its mistakes" and focus its efforts on reviving the state's revenue and economy.

The BRS leader claimed that Telangana's recent economic performance has raised several concerns, and that it contradicts claims of the state's 'rising prosperity'.

"Despite a robust growth trajectory in GST collections over the past six years, the state's GST growth rate has slumped to a mere 1% this February under Revanth Reddy's regime. This decline is a symptom of a larger problem, pointing to a slowdown in economic activity, reduced consumer spendin...