HYDERABAD: Union minister G. Kishan Reddy on Saturday accused Congress leader Rahul Gandhi of levelling “wild and baseless” allegations against Prime Minister Narendra Modi and projecting India in poor light before foreign audiences.
Reacting to Rahul Gandhi’s claim that the Prime Minister was tapping his phone, Kishan Reddy asked him to produce evidence for the allegation. “Rahul Gandhi is the new-age ‘pittala dora’ of our times. His latest “wild allegation” of phone tapping was bizarre yet curious, Kishan Reddy said. “Where does Rahul Gandhi get these ideas, and what is the source of his unbridled and fertile imagination,” he asked at a media briefing at the state BJP office.
He said the “needle of suspicion” pointed to dining-table conversations with Rahul Gandhi’s grandmother, the late Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, whom he accused of resorting to telephone tapping before and during the Emergency.
Calling the Congress the “real fascist and authoritarian party,” Kishan Reddy said the country had not forgotten the 18-month Emergency, during which press freedom was curtailed and fundamental rights suppressed.
Kishan Reddy also targeted Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy over the Congress-led ‘Bharat Summit’. He alleged that the event was not a ‘Bharat Summit’ but an “anti-India summit,” claiming that it brought together forces hostile to India and the Prime Minister before the world.
Reddy also ridiculed what he called the contradictory statements of Congress leaders, with Rahul Gandhi saying the country was under fascist rule and Revanth Reddy claims of attracting large-scale foreign investments. He said investments, multinational companies and data centres were coming to states because of the Modi government’s governance and investor-friendly environment.
The Union minister alleged that Telangana people’s tax money had been misused to organise the summit, including providing first-class air tickets and star-hotel accommodation to foreign delegates. He demanded that Revanth Reddy release a white paper on what the state had gained from the event.
He also criticised Rahul Gandhi for alleging fraud in the 2014, 2019 and 2024 general elections and the Maharashtra elections after Congress’ `defeat century’. He said Rahul was targeting institutions including the Election Commission, courts, armed forces, Parliament and the National Security Adviser to conceal his political failures.
Kishan Reddy alleged that the party had a history of links with extremists and Naxalites. He said the party had shown sympathy towards forces seeking a “gun raj” while failing to condemn the killing of security personnel.
On the issue of visa revocations, the minister said the BJP government would not roll out a red carpet for those who insulted the Prime Minister and Indian democracy abroad. He accused the Congress of having denied a visa to Narendra Modi when he was Gujarat Chief Minister, while now being unable to digest the warm reception he received in the United States.
Attacking Revanth Reddy for his frequent visits, Kishan Reddy said the Congress culture of carrying “suitcases” to Delhi every week and paying tribute to the high command was not that of the BJP.
BJP Rajya Sabha member and Parliamentary Board member Dr K. Laxman said the Modi government was the first in the country to give legal recognition to gig and platform workers and provide them social security. He said Rahul Gandhi’s claims of concern for gig workers were “fake love,” and demanded answers on the implementation of the Congress’s Six Guarantees and various declarations made during the election campaign.
Malkajgiri MP Etala Rajender alleged that the ‘Bharat Summit’ was an “anti-India summit” aimed at destabilising the country along with foreign forces. He said the Telangana government had failed to fulfil its poll promises, including employment, unemployment allowance, support to farmers and welfare schemes, and had instead spent public money on an event that brought no real benefit to the state.
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