While the Telangana CM Revanth Reddy treated Hindu deities as regional, racial, and class property, Hindu scriptures and traditions do not assign Lord Shiva to the poor and Lord Ram to the rich, or to Shiva to the South and Ram to the North.
Revanth Reddy’s first 1,000 days in Telangana raise a larger question: what happens when political promises collide with the realities of governing a state?
The Kerala episode comes at a time when internal disagreements are also becoming increasingly visible in the Congress unit of Telangana. In recent weeks, differences between Telangana Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy and other Congress leaders have split into the open.
CM Revanth Reddy claimed that the Central government discriminated against him and a non-BJP-ruled Telangana by denying clearance for his US visit, and that this denial was about ‘Gujarat supremacy’. A question, however, arises: if the Centre had to discriminate against the Congress-ruled state, why would it grant clearance to CM Reddy even for his UK visit?
The meeting between Telangana Chief Minister Revanth Reddy and Maya Tudor and Faisal Devji has triggered outrage in India over the duo’s record of peddling anti-India propaganda. The BJP has accused CM Revanth Reddy of coddling anti-India propagandists.
Addressing the Minorities Excellence Summit, Telangana CM Revanth Reddy said he is proud that while people used to say that residents of Old City do not pay electricity bills or steal power, Muslim minorities are now the biggest beneficiaries of the Congress government’s Gruha Jyothi social welfare scheme under which 200-unit free electricity is provided.
Even as the Central government has assured that no state, particularly, southern states, will lose even a single seat in absolute terms and that any increase will be allocated on a pro-rata basis, several anti-BJP parties and political ‘activists’ have started outrage.
Telangana CM Revanth Reddy proposed a new law against insulting religions at a Hyderabad Christmas event. He praised Sonia Gandhi for Telangana statehood, drawing "sycophancy" jabs from BJP and BRS over a viral video.