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Revanth Reddy has been sworn in as the new Chief Minister of Telangana
New Delhi:
Revanth Reddy has raised a huge controversy on his first day in office as the new Chief Minister of Telangana with his “Bihar DNA” statement.
Many leaders in Bihar, where Chief Minister Nitish Kumar’s Janata Dal (United) and Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) run the government in a coalition, have condemned Mr Reddy’s statement as apparently it put Bihar at a disadvantage. Even the BJP has condemned Mr Reddy.
Mr Reddy told reporters that his predecessor K Chandrashekar Rao (KCR), the first Chief Minister of Telangana, has “Bihar DNA”, indicating that he is a better choice for the southern state than KCR.
“My DNA is Telangana. KCR’s DNA is Bihar. He is from Bihar. KCR’s caste is Kurmi. They migrated from Bihar to Vijayanagaram and from there to Telangana. Telangana DNA is better than Bihar DNA,” he reported. by Mr. Reddy.
The Congress and Bihar politicians are members of the Indian Opposition.
JD(U) leader Neeraj Kumar in an interview with Aaj Tak said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi took a swipe at the “Bihar DNA”, due to which the BJP lost the state elections in the 2015.
“There is no such thing as Telangana DNA, Bihar DNA. It is Hindustan’s DNA. It is sad that the leader of Telangana said such a thing. What do they think, it will grow strongly INDIA’s relationship with such information?” Mr Kumar told Aaj Tak.
Even the BJP criticized Reddy’s statement and asked the Congress and other members of the Opposition INDIA block to condemn his statement and ask him to apologize.
BJP leader Ravi Shankar Prasad called Mr Reddy’s remarks “shameful, divisive and arrogant.”
“Does he want to break the country? The big question here is why the members of the INDIA alliance are silent. Why is Nitish Kumar not saying anything (on Mr Reddy’s statement) now? What are the Congress members doing in Bihar?” Mr. Prasad said.
BJP MP and former chief minister of Bihar Sushil Modi, also asked Mr Reddy to apologise. “Members of INDIA have always been against Hindu dharma and Sanatana dharma. Now they have come to ‘Bihar DNA’. Is it fair to say ‘Telangana DNA’ is more than ‘Bihar DNA’ ‘ and make those statements against the people of another state?” he said.
Mr Reddy, called “Tiger Revanth” by supporters, is said to have played a major role in the Congress victory. A former TDP leader, Mr Reddy switched to the Congress in 2017. He was appointed as Telangana Congress president in 2021.
In the past two years, Mr Reddy has led an aggressive campaign against the KCR-led government and has been seen leading street protests and public demonstrations on a range of issues. The efforts of the Congress paid off well and the party won the BRS.