Beauty Pageant Row: Brand Promotion Vs Financial Prudence

Telangana's budget session has been seeing repeated face-offs between the BRS and the Congress. BRS leader KTR took on Chief Minister Revanth Reddy for choosing the Miss World Pageant, costing crores, over hosting the Formula E race — a revenue generation idea floated by the previous government. Revanth Reddy, on the other hand, accused the previous BRS government of financially crippling the state. On the Last Word, we ask whether the Brand Promotion versus Financial Prudence battle is going too far.