Harish Rao lashes out at Revanth Reddy over hate speech against KCR

BRSLP deputy leader T Harish Rao criticised Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy for alleged hate speech and political rhetoric during an award function. He accused the CM of hypocrisy, misuse of power, and continuing vindictive politics despite foreign exposure

Hyderabad: BRSLP deputy leader T Harish Rao lambasted Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy over his hypocrisy and for indulging in hate speech even as he shared the stage with Justice B Sudarshan Reddy, who spoke against hate speech during the Ravi Narayana Reddy National Award presentation ceremony on Monday.

In a statement, Harish Rao said that within minutes after the former judge spoke against hate speech, the Chief Minister had exposed his true nature through his own remarks against Chandrashekhar Rao and the BRS.

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“Revanth Reddy turned the event into a live demonstration of the very conduct being cautioned against. His rhetoric is enough to showcase what hate speech means,” he said.

Taking a dig at the Chief Minister’s recent visit to the US, Harish Rao said the stint at Harvard had failed to bring any change in the former’s conduct or language. He accused Revanth Reddy of continuing petty and vulgar political discourse, marked by personal animosity towards the BRS chief.

He asserted that as Mahatma Gandhi, who led the independence movement, was the Father of the Nation, Chandrashekhar Rao, who led the Statehood movement, was the Father of Telangana for people who were associated with the movement.

“When people were fighting for the statehood, Revanth Reddy was working for the Andhra rulers. It would be foolish to assume that he, who aimed his guns at the Statehood agitators, understands the importance of the Telangana Statehood movement or KCR,” he added.

The BRS leader questioned the Chief Minister’s moral authority to speak on democratic values, pointing to misuse of power through arrests and cases against opposition leaders and critics. He stated that Revanth Reddy’s politics reflected vindictiveness rather than governance, and asserted that no amount of foreign exposure would alter the Chief Minister’s hateful politics.