There is no doubt that Lionel Messi is an all time great when it comes to football, but did the Congress government in Telangana have to spend a rumoured Rs 100 crore, that too for an event that had nothing to do with actual football?

The entire event was more about photo-ops for Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy and his close circle and those who could afford Rs 10 lakh per photograph, and little with football.

In fact, though Revanth Reddy had denied that it was a government programme and more of a private event, the government is said to have spent Rs 100 crore, with allegations that it was doing grave injustice to Singareni workers and government school students by diverting hard-earned public funds toward extravagant events instead of welfare and essential services.

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