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Congress finds 1,000 days, not the attendance register

The protest and resignation demand are real. The attendance record, salary statement and rule requiring KCR to quit remain missing.

By Ctrl Alt DebateRealityHyderabad
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An empty folder marked evidence sits beside conflicting bills and a protest placard, while a locked attendance register rests on a shelf in a Telangana government-office corridor.

The protest and resignation demand are documented; the attendance register and payment record were not found.

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The Congress government in Telangana has demanded K. Chandrashekar Rao’s resignation as MLA, alleging that he stayed away from Assembly proceedings for nearly 1,000 days while drawing public money. The protest happened; the evidence pack did not.

Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy cited a claimed ₹1.24 crore in salary and more than ₹22 crore in security and related expenditure. Other reports put the related spending at ₹21 crore and the total at ₹22.24 crore. Those figures were made in political speeches. No payment record or government expenditure statement was produced in the material reviewed. (New Indian Express; Times of India)

The official Assembly portal and government member directory were checked, but no member-wise attendance register, sitting count, leave record or payment statement for KCR was found. Congress’s comparison with government employees facing action after 360 days of absence is also not an Assembly rule on the record. (Telangana Legislature NeVA; Telangana government; New Indian Express)

KCR and the BRS had not publicly responded to the specific figures in the material reviewed. Congress has a protest, a slogan and several versions of the bill. It still needs the register.

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