Sheer arrogance: BJP hits out at Telangana CM Revanth Reddy over his Nitin Nabin remarks

Synopsis

The BJP has strongly criticized Telangana CM Revanth Reddy for his dismissive remarks about party chief Nitin Nabin. BJP leaders accused Reddy of arrogance and reflecting the Congress party's dynastic culture. They stated Reddy's ignorance of Nabin's name shows his unfitness for political discourse and stems from fear of the BJP's 'Congress-free Telangana' call, which has energized the party cadre.

New Delhi: The BJP on Wednesday launched a sharp attack on Telangana CM Revanth Reddy over his remarks on BJP national president Nitin Nabin. Nabin, who was on a three-day tour to Telangana from June 28, had said that the party would launch a statewide agitation against the Congress government in Telangana as it had failed to fulfil the promises made ahead of the assembly elections.

Revanth Reddy, while addressing the Rythu Bharosa programme in Hyderabad on Tuesday, said: "I don't really know his name. Recently, a guy came here, Nabin or whatever, I don't really know his name. But he comes here and says, the next government is theirs. You said the same thing about West Bengal. It took you 15 years (to form a government) in Bengal. Over there, because it was Mamata Banerjee, your tricks might have worked. But here, all our guys are ready, and they will crush you."

On Wednesday, BJP national spokesperson Sambit Patra described these remarks as sheer arrogance of Reddy and the culture of the Congress party. "CM Revanth Reddy has attempted to ridicule the national president of BJP, the world's largest political party, Nitin Nabin...The words Reddy used while addressing a meeting were not only objectionable and condemnable but also revealed his arrogance and the culture of the Congress party specifically, the party's subservience to a single family and its tendency to prioritise family above all else, disregarding everyone else," Patra told media persons. "Mr Reddy, you are unfit to even be a student of Indian political science if you do not know the name of the national president of India's largest political party, Nitin Nabin."

"This statement itself is nothing but an indication of his political arrogance and his political fear of BJP. He is afraid because Nitin Nabin has given a call to the people to make it a 'Congress-free Telangana'... The cadre's enthusiasm exuded during his visit has become a point of frustration and fear for Revanth Reddy," Telangana BJP president N Ramchander Rao said.