NEW DELHI: BJP on Thursday criticised Telangana chief minister Revanth Reddy‘s “Bihar DNA” remark and demanded that Congress and other members of the INDIA bloc condemn his comment and ask him to apologise.
Reddy reportedly said during a recent interaction with journalists that K Chandrashekar Raothe first CM of Telangana, has “Bihari genes”, indicating that he was a better choice for the state than KCR.
“My DNA is Telangana. KCR’s DNA is Bihar. He belongs to Bihar. KCR’s caste is Kurmi. They migrated to Vijayanagaram and from there to Telangana. Telangana DNA is better than Bihar DNA,” Reddy had allegedly said.
Senior BJP leader Ravi Shankar Prasad termed Reddy’s remarks “very shameful, divisive and arrogant” and demanded that Congress and other INDIA bloc members condemn it. He also demanded an apology from Reddy for making such remarks against the people of Bihar.
He said, “Does he want to break the country? The big question is why are INDIA alliance members silent. Why hasn’t Nitish Kumar said anything (on Reddy’s remarks) so far? What are Congress members in Bihar doing?”
Prasad also questioned the silence of senior Congress leaders Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi. “Your chief minister calls one region’s DNA weak and makes very shameful casteist remarks against his own party leaders (who are in Bihar), this is very unfortunate,” he added.
Union minister Ashwini Kumar Choubey said, “Congress leaders are creating a dirty atmosphere in the country… The kind of petty remarks that Congress leader, who is… the CM (of Telangana), has made, people will give them a befitting reply.”
The BJP MP said, “The INDI Alliance members kept insulting Hindu Dharma and Sanatan Dharma. Now they have come to Bihar DNA. Is it appropriate to say that Telangana DNA is better than the Bihar DNA and make such insulting comments against the people of another state?”
Reddy reportedly said during a recent interaction with journalists that K Chandrashekar Raothe first CM of Telangana, has “Bihari genes”, indicating that he was a better choice for the state than KCR.
“My DNA is Telangana. KCR’s DNA is Bihar. He belongs to Bihar. KCR’s caste is Kurmi. They migrated to Vijayanagaram and from there to Telangana. Telangana DNA is better than Bihar DNA,” Reddy had allegedly said.
Senior BJP leader Ravi Shankar Prasad termed Reddy’s remarks “very shameful, divisive and arrogant” and demanded that Congress and other INDIA bloc members condemn it. He also demanded an apology from Reddy for making such remarks against the people of Bihar.
He said, “Does he want to break the country? The big question is why are INDIA alliance members silent. Why hasn’t Nitish Kumar said anything (on Reddy’s remarks) so far? What are Congress members in Bihar doing?”
Prasad also questioned the silence of senior Congress leaders Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi. “Your chief minister calls one region’s DNA weak and makes very shameful casteist remarks against his own party leaders (who are in Bihar), this is very unfortunate,” he added.
Union minister Ashwini Kumar Choubey said, “Congress leaders are creating a dirty atmosphere in the country… The kind of petty remarks that Congress leader, who is… the CM (of Telangana), has made, people will give them a befitting reply.”
The BJP MP said, “The INDI Alliance members kept insulting Hindu Dharma and Sanatan Dharma. Now they have come to Bihar DNA. Is it appropriate to say that Telangana DNA is better than the Bihar DNA and make such insulting comments against the people of another state?”