Hyderabad, March 12 -- Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) working president KT Rama Rao (KTR), on Wednesday, March 12, termed Telangana Governor Jishnu Dev Varma's address to the joint sitting of the legislature as a Congress "publicity stunt."

Speaking to the media, KTR accused the Congress government of using the Governor's speech to spread a "slew of lies, absolute falsehood and unfulfilled promises" to the people of Telangana. He expressed disappointment that the speech failed to address critical issues such as the non-implementation of crop waiver, neglect of irrigation projects and rising farmer suicides in the state.

"Despite BRS leaders challenging the government to prove a 100 percent loan waiver in any single village, there was no r...