New Delhi: The BJP on Wednesday slammed Telangana Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy for "mocking" its national president Nitin Nabin, asserting that the Congress leader's "sycophancy and arrogance" will meet its downfall with the defeat of his party in the upcoming polls in the state.

On Tuesday, Reddy dismissed Nabin's call to party cadres to work for the BJP's victory in the 2028 Telangana elections, saying it took 15 years for the saffron party to win the Assembly polls in West Bengal, and it would meet the same fate in Telangana.

"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," the chief minister said at an event in Hyderabad.

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"You said the same thing about West Bengal. It took you 15 years (to form a government) in Bengal. Your tricks might have worked there because Mamata Banerjee was at the helm. But here, all our guys are ready and they will crush you," Reddy said.

Reacting to the chief minister's remarks, BJP national spokesperson Prem Shukla called him a "darbari and ahankari" (obsequious and arrogant) leader of the Congress.

"Revanth Reddy, perched atop the pinnacle of arrogance, should kindly open his closed eyes and see that Nitin Nabin is the national president of the BJP - the world's largest democratic party - which is in power in 22 states across India," Shukla told reporters at the party headquarters here

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He said the Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) also showed arrogance, which was eventually shattered with its defeat in the 2023 Telangana polls.

"The same arrogance has now taken hold of you (Reventh Reddy). Your arrogance too will last only for the next few months. Rest assured that the politics of sycophancy and arrogance will meet its downfall," the BJP spokesperson said.

The BJP will win the 2028 Telangana elections under the leadership of Nabin and dislodge the Congress from power, Shukla claimed.

"Mark my words Reventh Reddy, your sycophantic and arrogant brand of politics is not sustainable. Your days are numbered. You only have a few months left," the BJP leader added.