BRS backs staff stir; Congress ducks
Employees plan a statewide protest on August 27 and a Hyderabad mahadharna on September 10 over EHS, PRC, DA and pensions. BRS says it will stand with them. The Congress government of Telangana hasn’t bothered to explain why deductions began before delivery.
Employees have announced protests over EHS, PRC, DA arrears and pensions.
BRS has announced support for Telangana government employees’ planned agitation — protests across the state on August 27 and a Hyderabad mahadharna on September 10 if demands are not met — a programme attributed to the Telangana Employees, Gazetted Officers, Teachers, Workers and Pensioners Joint Action Committee (TGEJAC). A report quoted former minister V. Srinivas Goud saying the party will back the employees’ protest.
The demands span the Employees Health Scheme (EHS), pay revision (PRC), dearness allowance arrears and a switch from CPS to OPS. On EHS, the state’s own Employees Health Care Trust lists G.O.Ms.No.79 dated June 29, 2026 ordering a 1.5% deduction of basic pay or pension towards the scheme — the collection is on the record. What is not on the record yet is the Congress government’s explanation for service delivery under that scheme.
The CPS-to-OPS promise and a quick PRC were Congress’s own 2023 manifesto pledges. Health cards “in all major super specialty hospitals” were promised too. Employees now plan to test those words on the street.
We did not find a public response from the Congress government of Telangana, the Health Department, the Finance Department or the Employees Health Care Trust to the protest call or to EHS implementation. The BJP and the TDP, busy elsewhere, have not said what they would do differently for Telangana’s employees. The schedule the employees gave is specific; the silence from the Congress government is too.