BJP Condemns CM’s Statements

Hyderabad: Telangana BJP president N. Ramchander Rao strongly condemned the reported comment of Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy and accused him of trying to divide Hindus and uniting Muslims by using the names of Hindu Gods. He demanded an unconditional apology from Revanth Reddy for his statements that Rao alleged were aimed at dividing communities.

Rao in a press conference held at the state party office asserted that Gods always blessed the poor and needy. He asserted that there is no difference between Lord Rama and Lord Shiva. “The statement of Revanth Reddy appears to be a ploy of dividing the Hindus and uniting Muslims. There is no such theory as Lord Rama and Lord Shiva, and there is no such theory as Aryans and Dravidians. This was created by the British to divide India. All Indians are one, right from Kashmir to Kanyakumari, Assam to Ahmedabad. India was a great country (Akhand Bharat). It was the British who divided our India, and it was the British who tried to divide our history and culture," he said.

Ramchander Rao alleged that Revanth Reddy’s remarks were meant to attract Muslim votes keeping in mind the Khairatabad byelection. He recalled that CM Revanth Reddy had said during Jubilee Hills byelection that “Congress is Muslim and Muslim is Congress”.

Countering the Congress allegations of ‘vote chori’, Ramchander Rao alleged that the Congress and the ‘INDI Alliance; leaders across the country were spreading false propaganda and misleading the public. He accused Opposition leaders of trying to send a false message to the public that there were internal differences among the members of the Election Commission of India.

He said the Congress never blamed either EVMs or any election process when it won the elections, like in Kerala and Himachal Pradesh. “In 2004, Congress and the INDI Alliance had portrayed EVMs as ‘black boxes’. Does this mean EVMs are good when they win, and bad when they lose,” Ramchander Rao asked.