{
  "id": 11955195,
  "title": "Congress Govt. failed minorities by not keeping promises: Harish Rao",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/04/congress-govt-failed-minorities-by-not-keeping-promises-harish-rao",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-04T15:54:55.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Hindu",
    "slug": "the-hindu",
    "url": "https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/telangana/congress-govt-failed-minorities-by-not-keeping-promises-harish-rao/article71544485.ece"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Former Minister T. Harish Rao from the Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) party has accused the Congress government of breaking promises made to minority communities in the state. Speaking at a program organized by the Telangana Turaka Kasha Welfare Association in Gajwel, Rao criticized the Congress for not fulfilling commitments including allocating ₹4,000 crore for minorities' development and welfare in the budget, despite earlier promises. Rao pointed out that the minority budget had gradually increased from around ₹300 crore to ₹1,800 crore during the BRS government's tenure. However, the Congress government is only spending around ₹1,300 crore, far less than the promised amount. He also alleged that minorities were not receiving adequate support from the Minority Finance Corporation and highlighted the significant difference in overseas scholarships provided to minority students during the BRS regime, with ₹1,550 crore compared to ₹14 crore by the Congress government in the last three years. Rao emphasized the government's failure to support the minority communities.",
  "summary": null,
  "key_points": [
    "Congress government broke promises to minorities, fails to allocate promised ₹4,000 crore budget.",
    "Minority budget increased from ₹300 crore to ₹1,800 crore during BRS government's tenure.",
    "Congress spends only ₹1,300 crore on minorities, far less than promised amount."
  ],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}