Telangana bureaucrats caught between the satan and the deep blue sea, says KTR

The Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) working president Ok.T. Rama Rao has claimed that senior bureaucrat S.A.M. Rizvi making use of for voluntary retirement from service with over 9 years of service nonetheless left, clearly signifies the scenario of All India Service (AIS) officers in Telangana.

Addressing a press convention in Hyderabad on Thursday (October 23, 2025), he in contrast the scenario of the bureaucrats to being caught between the satan and the deep blue sea, with Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy pulling them from one aspect and his Cabinet colleagues pulling them from the opposite finish over contracts and payments.

In the case of Mr. Rizvi, the stress behind his choosing the Voluntary Retirement Scheme (VRS) apparently stemmed from an Excise Department tender that was sought by the kin of Mr. Revanth Reddy and Excise Minister Jupally Krishna Rao, he claimed.

Unable to digest that his son didn’t obtain the tender, the Excise Minister has now written to the Chief Secretary to halt the VRS proceedings of Mr. Rizvi and has requested motion in opposition to the bureaucrat for violating service guidelines by not obeying his (the Cabinet Minister’s) directions. Mr. KTR additional alleged that the Minister had additionally made wild accusations in opposition to Mr. Rizvi, claiming that he helped a agency pay ₹6.5 crore in extra for the hologram-making contract.

The BRS chief mentioned Mr. Rizvi was an officer of integrity and had all of the {qualifications} to turn out to be the Cabinet Secretary on the Centre. He famous that Mr. Rizvi held varied positions within the Energy Department and earned a popularity as a no-nonsense and upright officer. He was faraway from the Energy Department by Mr. Revanth Reddy for not toeing the federal government line concerning the earlier authorities’s (BRS) dealing with of the 24×7 energy provide problem, Mr. Rama Rao mentioned.

Suggesting that bureaucrats shouldn’t be a part of the “sins” of the Congress Government, Mr. Rama Rao said that they might turn out to be scapegoats like Mr. Rizvi. The BRS chief questioned the police about who aimed the gun at whom, who organized it for the handlers to allegedly threaten the house owners of Deccan Cements, and why the police had not registered a case on this matter up to now, even after Minister Konda Surekha’s daughter clearly addressed it in a video assertion.

The BRS working president alleged that the Chief Minister’s residence had turn out to be an abode of settlements and sought to know on what foundation the Konda couple of TPCC chief had felicitated Mr. Revanth Reddy after the general public spat with some Ministers.

Further, he accused the Congress and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) of operating a three way partnership authorities in Telangana, citing the Centre’s silence on gun tradition incidents within the State.