Won't let BJP change Constitution asserts Telangana CM Revanth Reddy

    Indore, Jan 27 (PTI) Telangana Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy on Monday accused the ruling BJP at the Centre of pursuing a "hidden agenda" to change the Constitution and asserted that such attempts would be thwarted with full strength.
    Senior Congress leader Reddy was in Madhya Pradesh's Mhow town, the birthplace of Dr BR Ambedkar, the chief architect of the Constitution, to attend the 'Jai Bapu-Jai Bhim-Jai Samvidhaan' rally organised by his party.
"Efforts are being made to change the Constitution. We will try to protect the Constitution with the same force which they (BJP) use in the attempt to change it. That is why we have gathered in Mhow today," Reddy told reporters.

He accused the BJP of mocking Ambedkar, the Constitution and the reservation system and said such a stance of the ruling party at the Centre was not right for the country.

Reddy claimed the BJP wanted to win 400 seats in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections with an aim to change the Constitution and scrap the reservation system.



    "...but the aware voters gave only 240 Lok Sabha seats to the BJP. Since then, they (BJP) are shocked as they could not implement their hidden agenda of changing the Constitution. So, the year 2025 is important and we are united with full strength," he said.
Speaking at the rally, Reddy targeted Prime Minister Narendra Modi and accused him of attempting to change the statute book and do way with job reservations.

    "This time Modi is doing it (attempting to change the Constitution) with a lot of force. We have read in history that Ghazni Muhammad (medieval-era invader Mahmud Ghaznavi) tried again and again to loot and conquer India. Similarly, today Modi is trying to change the Constitution and revoke reservation," the Congress CM claimed.

    
    BJP leaders, including Union minister Jyotiraditya Scindia, strongly criticised Reddy for his "shameful and disgusting" remarks and sought an apology from him.
    Sharing a video of Reddy's controversial speech, Scindia, in a post on X, stated, "Highly condemnable! By comparing the most popular leader of not only India but the world, the respected Prime Minister, Narendra Modi Ji, with a foreign robber and invader Mahmud Ghaznavi, Congress leader @revanth_anumula has shown his hateful mentality."
    
    Scindia said a Chief Minister using such intemperate language against a popular PM was extremely shameful.

    "I strongly condemn his statement. This statement is not only an insult to the Prime Minister, but also to the crores of poor, deprived people, women and tribal brothers of the country, for whom he (PM) is working day and night," he maintained.

    Scindia said the Congress and its leader Reddy should immediately apologise to the people of the country and the PM for these "disgusting" remarks.
    
    Reacting angrily to the remarks, Madhya Pradesh BJP president VD Sharma demanded an apology from Reddy and alleged these comments demonstrated the "hateful and poisonous mentality" of the Congress and its leaders.

    Sharma, in a series of posts on the social media platform "X", stated, "By comparing Mahmud Ghaznavi, a foreign invader who attacked India 17 times with the intention of plunder, with the world's most popular leader, the successful PM Modi ji, Congress leader Revanth Reddy has once again demonstrated the hateful and poisonous mentality of his party and leadership."
In his speech, Congress CM Reddy termed the BJP as the "British Janata Party" and asserted its efforts to change the Constitution will not succeed as Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi will foil such attempts.

(This story has not been edited by THE WEEK and is auto-generated from PTI)