No talks on Cabinet expansion with Rahul: CM

“Some may not like me…some may not accept me…but I am doing my job. I gave an assurance to the people on behalf of the Congress. I am answerable to the people if they are not implemented. However, some people are spreading lies about me. Cabinet expansion is not entirely in my hands. I do not care about what they may think. Some people in the TPCC Executive Committee are speculating on Cabinet expansion,” Chief Minister Revanth Reddy said.
During a chit-chat with journalists on Saturday after meeting with Rahul Gandhi in New Delhi, Chief Minister Revanth Reddy said that he had explained everything about the caste census held in Telangana to Rahul.
The CM said that he had told Rahul that the caste survey was conducted scientifically and that a public meeting would be organised in Telangana and invited Rahul to it.
The CM said that he had followed Rahul’s directions and that he had discussed mainly caste survey and SC categorisation with Rahul.
The CM said the caste census held in Telangana would be a roadmap for the nation and that the opposition is making a fuss about it wilfully.
“The caste survey was held from the perspective of social welfare and not from a political angle. The opposition is trying to incite people. However, there were no errors in the caste survey,” the CM said.
“We are doing the groundwork for social welfare through the caste survey. I will certainly do what Rahul Gandhi says. We conducted the caste census comprehensively. We will do an exercise on how to make the fruits of welfare reach the people by appointing a Commission based on the details got through the caste census,” the CM said. He said the government is waiting for the Supreme Court’s verdict regarding the MLAs who defected. However, BRS Working President KT Rama Rao is speaking as he likes on the issue, he added.
The CM asked KTR to reveal from where Sabitha Indra Reddy, Talasani Srinivas Yadav won elections and in which party’s government they had been ministers.
He said that he had never criticised Prime Minister Modi personally. “However, I said Modi is not a BC by birth and so he has no sincerity towards BCs.
Sanjay asks Revanth to reveal Rahul’s caste
Union MoS for Home Bandi Sanjay Kumar raised questions about the caste of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the religion of the Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi. He challenged the Congress asking whether they would contest the MLC elections treating this issue as a referendum.
“Rahul Gandhi’s grandfather’s name is Feroz Jehangir Gandhi. Rahul Gandhi’s mother’s religion is Christianity and she belongs to Italy. However, Chief Minister Revanth Reddy is criticising
Modi in the name of his caste. What would Revanth say about Rahul Gandhi’s caste? Is Rahul Gandhi BC or SC or ST? It is not proper for the CM to speak like this,” Sanjay said.
He said the CM raised Modi’s caste issue to divert public attention from the Congress’s six guarantees.
He said that there were discrepancies in the caste census and there is widespread public outrage against the Congress Government for including Muslims in the BC (Backward Classes) list.
He said that to divert public attention, Chief Minister Revanth Reddy is making baseless comments about the Prime Minister’s caste.
Sanjay clarified that if the Muslim community is included in the BCs’ list and if the reservation list is sent to the Centre, there is no question of it being accepted.
“The BJP is against reservation based on religion. If Muslims are included in the BCs’ list and sent to the Centre, it will not be accepted. The Congress is deliberately creating drama about this. The public and BC organisations are aware of this. I will try to get the Central nod for the caste survey if the State removes Muslims from the BCs list,” he said.