BJP minister and Telangana leaders trade accusations over ‘family first’ remarks
Union minister Bandi Sanjay Kumar has accused Congress of placing the Gandhi family above the nation, responding to Telangana Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy’s remarks about the Gandhi and Sangh Parivars. Telangana BJP president N. Ramchander Rao also criticised the Chief Minister, while defending the Sangh Parivar’s national focus.
Union Minister of State for Home Affairs Bandi Sanjay Kumar has criticised Telangana Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy over comments contrasting the Congress and the Sangh Parivar. In social media posts, Sanjay said the Bharatiya Janata Party and the Sangh Parivar placed the nation first, while Congress placed the Gandhi family first.
He alleged that Reddy was asking people to fight and sacrifice for the Gandhi family. Sanjay referred to a prayer recited by the Sangh and said it taught members to dedicate themselves to the motherland. He described the organisation’s commitment as being to India, national unity and security.
He also said no political family could be greater than the country and that no surname could demand the nation’s sacrifice. His comments followed Reddy’s remarks at a programme in Kerala about an ideological contest between the Gandhi Parivar and Sangh Parivar. Telangana BJP president N.
Ramchander Rao separately described the Chief Minister’s comments as laughable. In a statement from Australia, Rao said the remarks showed what he called the difference between Congress’s family-centred politics and the Sangh Parivar’s patriotism. Rao said the Sangh Parivar was built on the sacrifices of generations of workers committed to social service, nation-building and discipline.
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