BRS working president KT Rama Rao blamed the Congress government for Telangana’s sharp economic downturn, attributing the decline to its ‘Bulldozer Raj’ policies.

He noted that the State’s Goods and Services Tax (GST) collections, which had consistently grown by at least 15 per cent year-on-year under the BRS regime, had plummeted for the first time to less than one per cent in September this year.

“Telangana has gone from being a thriving State to now competing with Uttar Pradesh’s economy,” he said.