The ruling Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) grandly celebrated its 20 years in politics on Monday, October 25. However, several residents of Hyderabad were unhappy with the TRS and took to social media to express their anger. On the occasion of TRS’s plenary held in Hitex, Hyderabad, on Monday, the party had illegally put up banners, blocking the pavements. In fact, Hyderabad was a sea of pink as roads were lined with pink ribbon festoons, apart from large hoardings lined with pink ribbons.
For the event, the ruling party defied the laws and decked up the entire city, occupying major junctions and main roads with pink flags, causing inconvenience to pedestrians and motorists. Sharing photos and videos of the illegal banners being erected, netizens questioned the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC), TRS working president and Minister of Municipal Administration and Urban Development KT Rama Rao, and the Directorate of Enforcement Vigilance and Disaster Management, which is the authority to ensure that such illegal banners are removed.
“TRS monks erect flexi across traffic signals with a barricade of authority. GHMC officers are sleeping,” wrote a Twitter user. Sama Mohan Reddy, a lawyer and the General Secretary of Indian Youth Congress in Telangana, wrote, “KTR garu, so you have anything to say about this? #TRSPlenary hoardings covering traffic post at Madhapur.
TRS monks erect flexi across traffic signals with a barricade of authority.
— Politricks (@itsmeKNR) October 25, 2021
GHMC officers are sleeping.#TRSPlenary #TRSPartyPlenary pic.twitter.com/LsWVrAInLG
Thanks for the obstacle course @trspartyonline pic.twitter.com/xxh3I7lWIf
— Sai Ratna Chaitanya Gurugubelli (@CityOrdinary) October 25, 2021
@KTRTRS garu
— Sama Ram Mohan Reddy (@RamMohanINC) October 25, 2021
Do you have anything to say about this??
#TRSPlenary hoardings covering Traffic post at Madhapur. pic.twitter.com/XtRY6USDIa
so what happened to beautification of Hyderabad now?
— Phani Kumar Manchala (@pkmanchala) October 24, 2021
pics are at Kukatpally Y Junction.@CEC_EVDM @GadwalvijayaTRS @Director_EVDM @GHMCOnline @CommissionrGHMC @VijayGopal_ @ActivistTeja pic.twitter.com/jRzvOQFMlq
Another user shared an old video of KTR condemning the culture of erecting banners for political events and pointed out the hypocrisy.
Need your attention!!!@CEC_EVDM @Director_EVDM @FACIndia_ @KTRTRS @GadwalvijayaTRS
— Srinivasp (@srinivaspen) October 25, 2021
Cc: @VijayGopal_ @vinay_vangala @CYBTRAFFIC @revanth_anumula@arvindkumar_ias pic.twitter.com/DPD9X4Lejo
Can someone please wakeup the s***eless & s***eless @arvindkumar_ias @GHMCOnline @ZC_SLP @Director_EVDM @KTRTRS @CEC_EVDM Showing your might on millennials and leaving the people in power, that is the only thing you people can do @HiHyderabad @HiiHyderabad @Sagar4BJP @KVishReddy pic.twitter.com/ybLeXD3SKt
— Citizen Activist (@citizen_traffic) October 23, 2021
Scenes from across the city. This one is near Nanakramguda. #Hyderabad #Environment #DefacingHyderabad #TRS #TRSPlenary pic.twitter.com/2lxhUYI3aT
— Revathi (@revathitweets) October 25, 2021
Usually, the Directorate of Enforcement Vigilance and Disaster Management promptly responds to these complaints on Twitter. However, since October 21, the department has been unavailable. “In view of server maintenance and upgrading software of Central Enforcement Cell (CEC), generation of e-challans etc has been put on hold till completion of the process. CEC will be unavailable until further notice. Netizens are requested to co-operate in this regard,” it had said.
In view of server maintenance and up gradation of software of Central Enforcement Cell (CEC), generation of e-challans etc has been put on hold till completion of the process. CEC will be unavailable until further notice. Netizens are requested to co-operate in this regard.
— Central Enforcement Cell, GHMC (@CEC_EVDM) October 21, 2021
The department not acting on the numerous complaints has also caused anger among the residents.
Feel so bad that we were part of #WeSupportEvdm and were singing praises of @CEC_EVDM @Director_EVDM. Feeling SAD how could we support such a spineless department.@SrinivasBellam @ActivistTeja @vinay_vangala @Rakhs2009 @bhavinbhalodi Pls stop putting complaints on defacement https://t.co/XKe9gUOkba
— Prashanth Mamidala (@shanthchandra) October 25, 2021
Meanwhile, Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao was unanimously re-elected as the President of Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS). Rao was elected unopposed to the post for a ninth consecutive term. At the plenary, KCR highlighted the achievements of the party during the last 20 years and the schemes taken up by the TRS government during the last seven years since it came to power in the state.