Munugode MLA Komatireddy Rajagopal Reddy has openly lashed out at his own government, saying that even as a member of the ruling party he has been forced to question the administration like an opposition legislator to get development work done in his constituency.

The remarks came on Monday, November 2, at a review meeting held at the MLA’s camp office in Munugode. The meeting was convened to assess the impact of El Niño and the resulting crop losses, and it was attended by officials and public representatives. Instead of focusing only on the farm damage, the MLA turned the meeting into a blunt complaint about the state of funding for his area.

He said that being a powerful leader from Munugode had turned into a curse for the people living there. It is a striking line from a sitting legislator of the party in power, and it set the tone for everything that followed.

Rajagopal Reddy said he had pinned many hopes on developing the constituency. But the money has not come in the amount he expected from the government, and he made it clear he is deeply dissatisfied.

Swallowing pride to ask for money

According to his own account at the meeting, he went to the Chief Minister and the Deputy Chief Minister to seek funds. He said he had decided earlier that he would not go to people who had, in his words, cheated him. He went anyway, swallowed his pride, and made the request. The funds still did not come.

The consequences, he said, are already visible on the ground. Contractors, he claimed, have set aside works they had taken up in the constituency because their bills have not been paid. He said he could not bear to see the contractors suffer, and so he has been running from one minister to another on their behalf.

“నేను ప్రజల కోసం పనులు చేయలేకపోతే పదవి ఉన్నా దండుగే.” If I cannot do work for the people, holding the post is a waste even if I have it.

That line captures the core of his frustration. He was not talking about a title for its own sake. He framed his position as a question of whether he can deliver for voters at all.

A warning that hangs over the government

Rajagopal Reddy also issued a warning that will likely draw attention far beyond the meeting hall. He said that if funds do not come, everyone knows what he will do. He did not spell out what action he meant, and the reported remarks do not detail any specific step. But the statement itself, made by a ruling party MLA about his own government, is enough to make the message hard to ignore.

He recalled the circumstances of his entry into the party. When he was invited to join, he said, he was promised a ministerial post. He described his mindset at that time with a phrase that signals how personal the decision was for him: he had thought that for him it was a matter of life or death in Munugode. Now, he suggested, that commitment is being tested by the lack of funds.

Irrigation questions aimed at the minister

The most pointed part of his speech was aimed at irrigation. He said the government is taking up lift irrigation projects worth thousands of crores of rupees. Yet, he argued, proposals to develop local tanks and ponds in the area, which he said would strengthen water resources, have been sent again and again, and the water resources minister has not paid attention to them.

He then asked a question that cut straight to the question of fairness. Is the minister only a minister for Kodad? Is he not a minister for Telangana as a whole? He pressed further: do ministers not have a responsibility to give equal priority to all regions of the state?

Rajagopal Reddy also put his own credentials on the table. Although he is not a minister, he said he understands irrigation matters better than the ministers do. It was a bold claim, and one that places a sitting legislator in direct competition with the people running the departments he is criticising.

Who was in the room

The review meeting was attended by MLC Satyam, Nalgonda Collector Chandrasekhar, Additional Collector Premakaran Reddy, DRDO Shekhar Reddy and Trainee Collector Srikanth Reddy. Their presence meant that the MLA’s complaints were made in front of the district administration, not just in a private political setting.

Why this matters for Telangana

For Munugode, the stakes are concrete. The constituency is dealing with the effects of El Niño and crop losses, and the MLA says the funds needed to respond are not flowing as expected. He says contractors have stopped work over pending bills, which means projects that were started are now stalled. He also says the tanks and ponds that he believes could help with water management have been left waiting for attention.

For the state government, the episode is a problem of a different kind. When a legislator from the ruling party speaks in the language of opposition, it raises questions about how internal grievances over funding are being handled. The reported remarks do not include any response from the Chief Minister, the Deputy Chief Minister or the irrigation minister, so the government’s side of the dispute is not yet on the record in this account.

What is clear from the meeting is the sharpness of the complaint. A sitting MLA said he has been left to beg for money he believes his constituency needs, that his own promises are at risk, and that he is willing to make the matter public. The fight is no longer quiet.

Political tensions of this kind tend to move quickly. Whether the funds reach Munugode, whether the contractors get their bills cleared and whether the water projects he is pushing get any response will determine how the story develops from here.