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Bharat Summit showcases TG’s potential to world: CM Revanth
In Short
- Revanth claims two-day global meet aimed at getting investments into Telangana
- Bristles at BJP’s double standards
- Kishan, NRR and KTR “misleading people about Bharat Summit”
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Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy
Hyderabad: Amid Congress party’s allegations that over 100 international speakers and delegates invited to the Bharat Summit in Hyderabad were denied entry or had their visas cancelled, Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy on Friday strongly criticised the Bharatiya Janata Party for its “double standards” over Congress leader Rahul Gandhi's participation in the Bharat Summit, questioning why the party had countenanced Union Minister Piyush Goyal's participation in the curtain-raiser event of Telangana's Global Summit held in Delhi, but opposed the visit of the Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha to Hyderabad.
He was alluding to BJP Telangana unit president N Ramchander Rao statement on Thursday that the party would stage protests against Congress leader and Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi’s visit to Hyderabad for the proposed Bharat Summit.
Addressing a press conference at the Bodhi Pavilion in MCRHRD, the Chief Minister accused BJP leaders Kishan Reddy and Ramchander Rao, as well as Bharat Rashtra Samithi working president and former minister KT Rama Rao (KTR) of attempting to “mislead the public over the Bharat Summit”.
"When Piyush Goyal attended the curtain-raiser event for the Telangana government's Global Summit in Delhi, you welcomed him. Yet, you criticise Rahul Gandhi for attending the Bharat Summit. Why is the BJP adopting such double standards?" he asked.
Revanth Reddy disclosed that Kishan Reddy and Bandi Sanjay had been invited to the Delhi curtain-raiser, though they did not attend it.
He criticised the two BJP leaders for staying away also from an all-party meeting convened to discuss El Niño-related issues, questioning their commitment to Telangana.
The Chief Minister alleged that the BJP and BRS were opposing every decision taken in the interests of the people, irrespective of its merits. “They are not opposing the Congress; they are opposing the people of Telangana. Opposing the BJP is not the same as opposing India.
The Congress party is the soul of India,” he asseverated. Questioning the BJP’s objection to Rahul Gandhi’s participation, Revanth said the Prime Minister regularly travelled abroad to deliver speeches and attend international summits, while the BJP criticised the Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha for participating in a global event.
