“This Mad Canine…”: Sparks Fly In Telangana As KTR, Revanth Reddy Face-Off
Hyderabad:
The feud between Telangana’s ruling Congress and the opposition Bharat Rashtra Samithi escalated Wednesday after Chief Minister Revanth Reddy and KT Rama Rao exchanged ugly insults.
In a put up on X Mr Rao referred to the Chief Minister as a “mad canine” that had “crossed each single restrict of decency”. He stated, “… I request his relations to take him to some psychological well being facility on the earliest or else, in his annoyed state, he would possibly begin biting everybody…”
The assault got here after Mr Reddy’s personal crude remark at a public occasion in Hyderabad at hand job presents to 1,500 academics – “‘these speaking of stature will probably be despatched on a stretcher to the morgue”. The reference was to BRS boss and former Chief Minister Ok Chandrashekhar Rao, or KCR.
The change adopted Mr Rao’s remark Tuesday that KCR, who can also be his father, wouldn’t attend the funds session of the Meeting since none within the Congress can match his ‘stature’.
This mad canine has crossed each single restrict of decency
I request his relations to take him to some psychological well being facility on the earliest or else in his annoyed state, he would possibly begin biting everybody round
Get properly quickly #CheapMinister https://t.co/pL24i5dWxd
— KTR (@KTRBRS) March 12, 2025
Mr Rao’s comment additionally prompted a fierce reply about ‘stature’ being the protect of prime ministers, chief ministers, and different elected representatives, and never for people.
KCR was the primary Chief Minister of impartial Telangana, a place he held for 9 years earlier than a shock defeat to the Congress within the 2023 election. He did, nonetheless, handle to retain his seat within the Meeting; he gained his Gajwel stronghold in Siddik district for a 3rd straight time.
The unhealthy blood between the Congress and the BRS was additionally in proof this week over the arrest of two ladies journalists – Pulse Information Managing Director P Revathi and reporter Tanvi Yadav – for posting allegedly derogatory feedback in regards to the Chief Minister on social media.
A 3rd particular person – the consumer of an X account titled ‘NippuKodi’ – was additionally arrested.
READ | 2 Girls Journalists Arrested For Revanth Reddy Publish, BRS Protests
Extra Commissioner of Police CP Vishwa Rao instructed reporters there’s a “sample” by the information channel, “whereby they supply monetary incentives to gullible residents and file them (making derogatory feedback)”.
The arrests have been condemned by KT Rama Rao, who accused Revanth Reddy and the Congress of being “illiberal of criticism” and an “excessive degree of intolerance”.
“It appears like a state of Emergency’ has returned in Telangana…” he declared within the first of two X posts. The second focused Congress MP and senior chief Rahul Gandhi.
By the way, Ms Revathi was arrested in an identical method when the BRS was in energy.
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