Words Gone Wild

““Students from minority communities can dismantle and reassemble a Rafale aircraft, but they cannot remember lessons from a book.” He also said: “Dekhe toh seekh jaate” — they learn by seeing — but “padhe toh bhool jaate” — they forget when they study.”

Speech at the Minorities Excellence Summit, Adivasi Bhavan, Banjara Hills, Hyderabad

A Chief Minister turned educational encouragement into a stereotype with wings.

“Yes, the police did lathi charge. Other countries are more harsh. America is a democracy too, there they would’ve shot them.”

Media interaction at a Roads and Buildings Department guest house in Vikarabad, while defending police action against student protesters at Jantar Mantar, New Delhi.

Calling lethal force democratic is an astonishingly poor defence of democracy.

“Ask them [KTR and Harish Rao] to go there [Kaleshwaram] and jump into the water, tying a stone to themselves. We will lose the ‘Shani’ [bad luck]. He later added: “If you cut them and spill their blood on the farms, farmers will be able to cultivate their crops. Their ego and fat will be enough for the crops.””

Press conference on poor rainfall, irrigation shortages and demands to open the Kannepalli pump house.

A Chief Minister’s chair is no place for blood-and-bad-luck theatrics.

In response to questions about water shortages affecting farmers, he said the blood of BRS leaders could be poured into fields to grow crops.

Press interaction on irrigation shortages and the dry spell, July 11, 2026

A Chief Minister asked for water chose blood-soaked political theatre instead.

If the blood of BRS leaders is spilled or sprinkled on Telangana’s fields, crops will flourish; KCR and T. Harish Rao should be given belt treatment.

Media interaction during the political dispute over operating Kaleshwaram and releasing irrigation water.

A Chief Minister’s chair deserves better than agricultural blood rites and belt politics.

If farmers’ crops were drying for lack of water, political opponents’ blood should be spilled and sprinkled on the fields so the crops would grow.

Media interaction on irrigation-water releases, reportedly held on July 11, 2026

A Chief Minister’s chair deserves better than street-corner bloodlust.

“The blood and fat of BRS leaders could be used to cultivate fields.”

Press conference on demands to use the Kaleshwaram project for irrigation and drinking water.

A Chief Minister’s answer to drought cannot be political bloodletting.

“Why should he apologise?”

Comments to national media in Hyderabad while defending Revanth Reddy’s “rich God, poor God” statement; he explained the distinction through traditional visual depictions of the deities.

The cover-up needed its own theology.

“KCR came from Bihar to loot Telangana… If it doesn’t come out straight, we know how to bring it out the crooked way.”

Public remarks during Telangana’s September 17 political programme, amid Reddy’s attacks on K. Chandrashekar Rao and comments on the state’s political history.

A state’s history is not improved by turning regional identity into a threat.

“The Nizam government ran this government for 225 years and left everything behind… [It] was a great statesman and a great administrator who provided wonderful governance.”

Telangana Assembly debate on land and revenue records during a discussion held on Hyderabad Liberation Day.

Historical precision is preferable to selective nostalgia delivered as administrative wisdom.

““Nizam, as a cautious ruler, is one of the best rulers. Leaving aside the Razakar movement for the last 10–12 years, for over 200 plus years, the Nizam government was a great statesman and a great administrator who provided wonderful governance.””

Telangana Assembly debate on land records and Section 22-A prohibited properties.

Historical revisionism is not administrative sophistication; it is political convenience in formal clothes.

“Which village are they from? They came from Bihar to loot Telangana. If it doesn’t come out straight, we know how to bring it out the crooked way.”

Telangana Assembly debate on land records and Section 22-A prohibited properties; Reddy was attacking K. Chandrashekar Rao and his family.

A constitutional office should not turn regional identity into a weapon of convenience.

“Courts might grant bail to those facing cases, but Telangana society will not ‘give bail’ to such leaders.”

Statement announcing an inquiry into the confrontation involving BRS legislators and events at the Erravelli farmhouse

Justice is administered by courts, not converted into a government slogan.

“What kind of comparison can there be between you and me? The difference is like between a ‘Nandi’ (sacred bull of Lord Shiva) and ‘Pandi’ (pig). How can you be compared with me?”

Political attack on former chief minister K. Chandrashekar Rao; the remark was later criticised by BRS working president K. T. Rama Rao in an interview with NDTV.

Public office is not improved by converting political disagreement into animal taxonomy.

“What kind of comparison can there be between you and me? The difference is like between a ‘Nandi’ (sacred bull of Lord Shiva) and ‘Pandi’ (pig). How can you be compared with me? A donkey doesn’t know the fragrance of sandalwood. No matter how much paint you put on a donkey, it will never become a racehorse.”

Public programme in Hyderabad during a political attack on former chief minister K. Chandrashekar Rao.

A Chief Minister’s office should not require a livestock glossary.

“I am from Telangana and he is from Gujarat. This is clear discrimination.”

Press interaction after the Centre denied political clearance for his proposed US trip; Reddy alleged the decision reflected regional discrimination.

Regional pride cannot turn an unproven inference into a settled fact.

““Modi did not insult me, but he has insulted the people of Telangana,” and the Prime Minister was acting “only as a Gujarati, not as the Prime Minister of India.””

Remarks after the Union government denied permission for the US leg of Revanth Reddy’s proposed investment tour

A federal dispute did not require turning regional identity into the argument.

Revanth Reddy alleged that KCR-family associates were performing “Aghora rituals” and black-magic practices in neighbouring states, supposedly hoping Telangana would suffer drought and public distress.

Public meeting in Mulugu district; the allegation prompted a response from BRS leader T. Harish Rao

Governance is difficult enough without filing weather complaints against occultists.

Revanth Reddy alleged that BRS leaders, including T. Harish Rao, were travelling to Tamil Nadu and Karnataka to perform Aghora rituals and “evil practices” intended to cause drought, failed rains and even deaths in Telangana.

Political remarks attacking the BRS, reported in a televised news video.

A state’s weather is not a political crime scene for occult allegations.

Revanth Reddy alleged that members of the KCR family and BRS leaders were conducting Aghora rituals and black magic, and suggested that recent rains in Hyderabad showed God was on his side.

Political remarks targeting the BRS and KCR family, reported after the comments circulated online.

A Chief Minister should govern the weather, not explain it through occult warfare.