Rahul Gandhi’s ‘BJP Rishtedar Samithi’ jab at KCR’s party over Telangana student’s suicide

The woman died by suicide at her hostel in Hyderabad’s Ashok Nagar earlier this week.

The death by suicide of a 23-year-old woman because of alleged postponements of competitive exams, has kicked up a political storm in poll-bound Telangana, with Congress leader Rahul Gandhi dubbing the incident murder of “dreams, hopes and aspirations”. He also took a scathing jibe at K Chandrasekhar Rao’s BRS as he called the ruling party “BJP Rishtedar Samithi (BJP relative)”.

“BJP Rishtedar Samithi – BRS – and BJP together have ruined the state with their incompetence,” he said.

“The Congress government in Telangana will release a job calendar, reorganise TSPSC on the lines of UPSC in 1 month and fill 2 lakh vacant government posts within a year – this is a guarantee,” he added.

The woman died by suicide at her hostel in Hyderabad’s Ashok Nagar earlier this week. A large number of students staged protests in the area and raised slogans against the state government, blaming it for her death.

Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge alleged on X that she took the drastic step due to the repeated postponements in the State Public Service Commission Exams.

“Shocked and deeply anguished by the suicide of a 23-year-old girl student in Telangana, who reportedly took the drastic step to end her life due to repeated postponements and irregularities in the State Public Service Commission Exams,” Kharge said on X.