# BRS demands withdrawal of GO 97 as polytechnic students protest 2026-08-24T11:17:15+00:00 | Governance | Indian Opinion Desk Corroboration: 2 independent outlets The Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) has demanded the immediate withdrawal of GO 97, which brings polytechnic colleges under the Young India Skill University, as student protests continue for over a week. Former MP B Vinod Kumar said the party found students' concerns justified after examining the issue. He said the Skill University Act and GO 97 appeared contradictory and created apprehension among students from poor and middle-class families. Former minister T Harish Rao gave the government a deadline of September 7, the day the Assembly session starts, to withdraw the order. He alleged the government was targeting the lands and assets of government polytechnic colleges, worth thousands of crores. He questioned whether the government planned to mortgage or raise loans against these properties. He also demanded clarity on fees, fee reimbursement, academic recognition and lateral-entry opportunities for engineering. BRSV president Gellu Srinivas Yadav said students would write to the Chief Minister on August 26 seeking repeal of GO 97 and submit representations to District Collectors on August 31. Harish Rao said the government should stop appointing committees and instead withdraw the GO immediately. ## Indian Opinion Analysis Both sources report the BRS demand to scrap GO 97, but Siasat.com foregrounds Harish Rao's allegation that the government covets polytechnic college lands and assets, a charge Telangana Today omits. Siasat also reports Rao's threat to protest at the Secretariat if the September 7 deadline is missed, giving the story a confrontational edge. Telangana Today focuses on the BRS's stated rationale, the PPP model and lack of AICTE recognition, and the student petition timeline, framing the dispute as procedural. The common ground: both report that the government has yet to respond and that the Assembly session on September 7 is the next flashpoint. ## Coverage Coverage: 2 sources, 1 government-critical, 1 neutral - telanganatoday.com (neutral report) Reports BRS demands and student plans without editorialising or adding allegations - siasat.com (government critical) Leads with Harish Rao's asset-targeting allegation and protest threat This brief was synthesised by AI from the 2 sources linked above, so one read covers every framing they carry. Updated: this story now draws on 2 sources. Last updated 2026-08-25T19:21:58+00:00. Tags: B Vinod Kumar, BRS, GO 97, Hyderabad, Young India Skill University Canonical: https://indianopinion.org/brs-demands-repeal-of-go-97-over-polytechnic-students-stir/ License: Summary and commentary (c) Indian Opinion, reusable with attribution. Facts belong to the linked sources. Cite: https://indianopinion.org/brs-demands-repeal-of-go-97-over-polytechnic-students-stir/#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/