Newly-elected Telangana CM Revanth Reddy to deliver on two pre-poll promises from Dec 9

Newly-elected Telangana Chief Minister Revanth Reddy signed two files after taking oath on Thursday — first to implement six poll guarantees and second to provide jobs to a disabled woman promised during the recent election campaign.

Addressing the media after the first cabinet meeting held immediately after taking the oath of Chief Minister by Revnath Reddy at the state Secretariat here, Ministers D Sridhar Babu and Ponnam Prabhakar said that these two guarantee scheme launching from December 9 will provide free travel for women in TSRTC buses across state and enhance the coverage under Rajiv Aarogyasri health insurances scheme to Rs 10 lakhs.

While referring to the free travel scheme for women, Prabhakar said the beneficiaries would have to produce some sort of identity card, like the Aadhar Card and any issues that could crop up in the implementation of the scheme would be sorted out.

Sridhar Babu said that the remaining four guarantees would be held in due course of time, with all the guarantees to be implemented within 100 days.

The implementation of the two guarantees that would be launched coinciding with Congress Parliamentary Party leader Sonia Gandhi’s birthday on Saturday.

The cabinet also decided to bring out a white paper on the financial status of the state, detailing the income and expenditure of the previous government, he said, and adding that supply of 24 x 7 power for all sectors, industrial, agriculture, and domestic, would be a top priority for the State government.

Officials would be asked to give a detailed report on the power situation in the State from 2014.

The Chief Minister would hold a review meeting on Friday on the Gruha Jyothi scheme, which assures 200 units of free electricity for all households, he said, adding that officials would also be asked to assess the crop damage in the wake of the recent rains.

Revanth Reddy took oath as the first Congress Chief Minister of Telangana on Thursday and arrived at the venue with Sonia Gandhi by his side.

Reddy, the Congress state unit chief, became the Chief Minister following the grand old party's convincing win in the southern state.

Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge, top leaders Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi, and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra were present at the oath-taking ceremony.

[With UNI inputs]