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Congress promised 420. The ledger is missing.

At 1,000 days, the BRS has a charge-sheet, the Congress government has payment claims, and Telangana still lacks the promise-wise accounts that would settle the argument.

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A Telangana government-office records room contains a giant open promises ledger with its marks column missing, surrounded by announcement papers, a charge-sheet and closed files for fees, farm loans, pensions and aid.

At 1,000 days, the promise-wise ledger remains unpublished.

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At 1,000 days, the Congress government has produced announcements. The BRS has produced a charge-sheet. Telangana is still waiting for the spreadsheet.

The BRS said on September 2 that Congress had promised 420 commitments, 13 declarations and six guarantees, many to be delivered within 100 days. Its campaign also put the alleged shortfalls to farmers, students, women and pensioners in the public domain. The Congress manifesto did contain promises including ₹2,500 monthly assistance for women, ₹15,000 per acre for farmers, ₹4,000 monthly pensions and a ₹5 lakh Vidya Bharosa Card. (Telangana Today; Congress manifesto)

The sharpest unresolved item is student fee reimbursement. The BRS says dues are about ₹12,000 crore. Reports on private-college arrears and the proposed direct-transfer system cite the same broad figure, while the BJP has separately used it. But the government has not published a consolidated ledger showing what was inherited, paid, disputed or still pending. A number repeated by politicians is still a claim, not a balance sheet. (Telangana Today; Wake Up Telangana; ThePrint)

The government says it waived ₹20,677 crore in farm loans for 25.35 lakh farmers and credited ₹9,000 crore to 73.30 lakh farmers under Rythu Bharosa. Those figures establish releases, not whether every eligible beneficiary received everything promised. (Telangana government)

Congress has not publicly answered the full charge-sheet in the material reviewed. Until it publishes the promise-wise and arrears-wise record, its 1,000-day report card remains a press release with the marks column removed.

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