# BRS, Congress attack Centre over denial of US visit nod to Revanth Reddy 2026-08-22T15:24:16+00:00 | Governance | Indian Opinion Desk Corroboration: 2 independent outlets (3 source reports) The BRS has demanded that the Centre and Telangana government reveal the reasons behind the denial of permission for Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy's US visit. MLC Dasoju Sravan said the Ministry of External Affairs must disclose what 'wrong decisions' the Chief Minister had taken, and alleged the schedule for August 27 and 28 in Boston and New York was blank, suggesting the Chief Minister was planning something he was hiding from the people. Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge condemned the Centre, calling the denial 'deeply unfair' and 'fundamentally wrong'. The Hindu reports Kharge said the visit was to interact with the Indian diaspora and invite NRI investment in Telangana, and that the Centre was deliberately preventing states from directly reaching out to investors. The BJP's Telangana unit chief N Ramachander Rao, quoted by the Deccan Herald, alleged the trip was planned to meet representatives of anti-India forces and individuals who are ideological mentors to Rahul Gandhi. ## Indian Opinion Analysis All three sources agree the MEA denied clearance, but frame it starkly differently. The BRS and Congress (via The Hindu) present it as an unfair central obstruction of investment outreach and an insult to the state. The BJP (via Deccan Herald) counters with a national-security framing, alleging the trip was meant to meet anti-India figures. Neither side offers official MEA reasoning. The careful reader sees a political blame game with no verified facts: the blank schedule cited by BRS is circumstantial, and the BJP's allegation is uncorroborated. Watch for any MEA statement or official letter clarifying the grounds for denial. ## Coverage Coverage: 3 sources, 1 pro-government, 2 government-critical - thehindu.com (government critical) Leads with BRS allegation that Centre insulted Telangana people, highlights blank schedule as suspicious - thehindu.com (2) (government critical) Leads with Kharge's condemnation, frames denial as anti-investment and central overreach - deccanherald.com (pro government) Leads with BJP's claim that trip involved anti-India elements, defends denial on national security grounds This story was synthesised by AI from the 3 sources linked above. Updated: this story now draws on 3 sources. Last updated 2026-08-22T15:41:21+00:00. Tags: A Revanth Reddy, Bharat Rashtra Samithi, Congress, Mallikarjun Kharge, Ministry of External Affairs, Telangana Canonical: https://indianopinion.org/brs-and-congress-attack-centre-over-denial-of-us-visit-to-telangana-cm/ License: Summary and commentary (c) Indian Opinion, reusable with attribution. Facts belong to the linked sources. Cite: https://indianopinion.org/brs-and-congress-attack-centre-over-denial-of-us-visit-to-telangana-cm/#story-in-brief How this brief was made: an AI model read the reports linked above and wrote this summary and analysis, which were published automatically. Published briefs are sampled every hour by an automated quality check; the editor verifies its findings and approves corrections, and corrected briefs carry a dated correction line. Stance labels are editorial classifications of how each outlet framed this story, assigned by the same model, not ratings of the outlets. We do no original reporting. Methodology: https://indianopinion.org/ai-use-policy/