HYDERABAD: The state also witnessed intense political slugfests and controversies that grabbed national headlines.
The year began with the Congress, led by chief minister A Revanth Reddy, consolidating its power after its victory in the assembly elections on November 30 last year.
The Congress decimated the nine-and-a-half-year-old Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) government, led by K Chandrasekhar Rao (KCR), who was previously perceived as an invincible leader.
The Congress, which secured a thin majority of 64 out of 119 seats in the assembly elections, managed to bolster its strength by attracting 10 MLAs from the BRS, along with winning a by-election to the Secunderabad Cantonment assembly seat in June.
Inheriting the near-empty state coffers, Revanth Reddy spent the initial months struggling to implement his pre-election guarantees. Initially, he managed to roll out a few promises, such as free travel for women in state-run RTC buses and an increase in the free healthcare coverage limit for the poor in corporate hospitals from ₹5 lakh to ₹10 lakh.
After several months of mobilising resources through borrowings and other financial measures, the government fulfilled key promises, including supplying LPG cylinders at ₹500 for poor women, free electricity for households consuming below 200 units, and a major crop loan waiver of up to ₹2 lakh for 2.5 million farmers, costing over ₹21,000 crore.
However, the chief minister remains under immense pressure to implement other promises, such as extending financial assistance under the Rythu Bharosa scheme and aid to destitute women.
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