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NEW DELHI: The BJP on Thursday accused the Congress of fuelling north-south divide for political gains. BJP leader Ravi Shankar Prasad slammed Telangana chief minister Revanth Reddy’s “our DNA is better than Bihar’s DNA” remark and demanded that the Congress leadership and INDIA bloc leaders condemn the divisive statement.
“Rahul Gandhi, Sonia Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi have not made any remarks on Revanth Reddy‘s statement nor has the statement been withdrawn.The Congress leaders are working on a plan to divide the country,” the BJP leader said.
“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. We condemn it. The Congress party should also condemn it if they have even a little understanding of the significance of unity in the country,” he said.
Reddy reportedly said during a recent interaction with journalists that K Chandrashekar Rao, the first chief minister 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 from Bihar to Vijayanagaram and from there to Telangana. Telangana DNA is better than Bihar DNA,” Reddy had allegedly said.
The BJP leader also questioned the silence of INDIA bloc leaders on Reddy’s statement.
“The big question here is why are the INDIA alliance members silent. Why has Nitish Kumar not said anything (on Reddy’s remarks) so far? What are the Congress members in Bihar doing?” Ravi Shankar Prasad asked.
(With inputs from agencies)
“Rahul Gandhi, Sonia Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi have not made any remarks on Revanth Reddy‘s statement nor has the statement been withdrawn.The Congress leaders are working on a plan to divide the country,” the BJP leader said.
“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. We condemn it. The Congress party should also condemn it if they have even a little understanding of the significance of unity in the country,” he said.
Reddy reportedly said during a recent interaction with journalists that K Chandrashekar Rao, the first chief minister 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 from Bihar to Vijayanagaram and from there to Telangana. Telangana DNA is better than Bihar DNA,” Reddy had allegedly said.
The BJP leader also questioned the silence of INDIA bloc leaders on Reddy’s statement.
“The big question here is why are the INDIA alliance members silent. Why has Nitish Kumar not said anything (on Reddy’s remarks) so far? What are the Congress members in Bihar doing?” Ravi Shankar Prasad asked.
(With inputs from agencies)
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