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At the TPCC Executive meeting, Telangana CM Revanth Reddy
HYDERABAD: Senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders person intensified their disapproval of Telangana main curate A Revanth Reddy implicit his caller comments connected Hinduism, with the enactment prompting an protestation extracurricular the BJP authorities bureau wherever enactment workers burnt his effigy. State BJP president N Ramchander Rao has already called for protests crossed the authorities connected December 3, accusing the CM of making “anti-Hindu” remarks. On Tuesday afternoon, a tiny radical of BJP workers staged an aboriginal objection successful beforehand of the enactment headquarters, shouting slogans and mounting an effigy of Revanth Reddy connected fire.
‘Time has travel for Hindus to unite’: Kishan Reddy
Union curate Kishan Reddy said the main curate had stated during the Jubilee Hills bypoll run that “Congress means Muslims and Muslims mean Congress”.
He accused the CM of making “arrogant comments against Hindus and Hindu gods and goddesses” owed to his “friendship with the AIMIM”.
“The clip has travel for Hindus to unite successful Telangana also. The clip has travel to amusement the powerfulness of Hindus to Revanth Reddy and Congress party,” helium said. “The arrogance of Congress and Revanth Reddy should beryllium removed utilizing the powerfulness of vote, which helped them to travel to power,” helium added.
BJP says its informing was ‘Proven True’
Union MoS (Home) Sanjay Kumar said the enactment had warned during the bypoll that Hindus would “lose their self-respect” if either Congress oregon BRS won.
“Hindu nine should deliberation present whether they privation to look insults by remaining divided oregon amusement their powerfulness by ensuring unity. BJP ne'er insults different religions. BJP respects each religions,” helium said. He added that the Centre nether Prime Minister Narendra Modi follows the doctrine of “sab ka saath, sab ka vikas, sab ka vishwas”.
What CM said
Speaking astatine the Congress enforcement meeting, Revanth Reddy defended the party’s diverseness and likened it to the scope of worship practices wrong Hinduism. “Because determination is state successful the Congress, the enactment has existed for 140 years. People with each kinds of mindsets volition beryllium determination successful here,” helium said.
“How galore Gods are determination successful Hinduism? How galore deities? Are determination 3 crore? Why? There is Hanuman for those who don't get married, determination is different God for those who wed twice, determination is 1 God for those who portion alcohol, determination are radical who connection Alcohol & Chicken to Yellamma, Pochamma, Maisamma and determination is besides a God for those who devour Rice & Dal.
There are each kinds of Gods,” helium said. He added that governmental diverseness wrong the Congress should beryllium viewed similarly: “When we were incapable to bring statement adjacent connected Gods, I don't deliberation determination volition beryllium a statement connected governmental leaders oregon territory presidents.” Revanth Reddy urged leaders to shed idiosyncratic grievances “You indispensable fto spell of those things erstwhile you person taken up this responsibility… From contiguous onwards, changed idiosyncratic should beryllium seen successful you.”
A governmental row
The remarks person triggered crisp responses from nationalist BJP figures. Union curate Giriraj Singh accused the Congress of launching “a run against Hindus”. “Whoever says things similar this neither believes successful India's constitution nor has thing to bash with India's culture… Revanth Reddy should state the Congress Party arsenic the Muslim League Congress Party,” helium said. He besides deed retired astatine Jamiat Ulema-i-Hind president Maulana Mahmood Madani “Maulana Madani should spell to immoderate Islamic state arsenic a Speaker… The 1 who talks astir jihad should beryllium tried arsenic per the law.” BJP spokesperson Sambit Patra said, “Whether it is Maulana Madani oregon the Congress Party, some look to beryllium speaking successful the aforesaid dependable today… The benignant of connection utilized by the Chief Minister of Telangana, Revanth Reddy, for Hindu deities is not lone objectionable but hateful.”
TTD committee subordinate seeks apology
TTD Board Member Bhanuprakash Reddy besides demanded that the CM apologise, calling the remarks “an affront to the sentiments of millions of Hindus”. He warned that “such statements would person consequences”, adding that criticising long-standing traditions of worship was “unacceptable”.
