The weirdest, most absurd, most viral things Telangana politicians actually said — the exact quote, the date, the context, and a source link that proves it. The quote is the record; the Telangana.Social line is our comeback. Same speaker, same topic, two dates: see for yourself.
“Minorities children are skilled labourers. Ask them to assemble even a Rafale they will. But cannot study so we developed ITIs for them to become skilled labourers.”
Speech on minority welfare and vocational training; the clip circulated on social media.
Turning an entire community into a labour category is prejudice in official clothing.
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.
“Some went to Karnataka and Tamil Nadu and performed Aghora pujas wishing that there should be drought, people should die and the government should be defamed.”
Speech alleging that BRS leaders used occult rituals to cause drought and damage the Congress government.
A Chief Minister should govern drought, not explain it through occult accusations.
Revanth Reddy accused former minister T. Harish Rao of performing “black magic” against Telangana and its people, and questioned his visits to Karnataka and Tamil Nadu.
Public meeting in Sangareddy, where he attacked K. Chandrashekar Rao and T. Harish Rao.
Statecraft is a poor place to outsource policy analysis to the occult.
“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.
“If you cut them [the BRS leaders] 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 rainfall, irrigation shortages and demands to open the Kannepalli pump house.
A Chief Minister’s answer to drought cannot be a bloodletting fantasy.
“If you cut them [BRS leaders] 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 operate the Kannepalli pump house.
A Chief Minister’s answer to drought cannot be a recipe for political bloodshed.
“If you cut them [BRS leaders] 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.”
Remarks to reporters about the dry spell and lack of irrigation water for farmers.
A Chief Minister’s chair deserves better than street-corner bloodlust.
“You [teachers] give a plain paper to them [engineering graduates] and tell them to write a job application. Criminal waste. He won’t apply for a small job because he studied engineering. He does not learn skills.”
Remarks during a discussion on engineering education, job readiness and employability in Hyderabad.
A government failure is no excuse for publicly abusing the graduates it produced.
Revanth Reddy said that if BRS leaders questioned the government over irrigation water, their blood should be spilled on the fields so crops would grow.
Remarks at Telangana Bhavan on irrigation-water criticism; a subsequent BRS student and youth-wing protest carried blood packets.
A Chief Minister’s office deserves better than blood-soaked agricultural metaphor.
“What is our Manohar doing? Our Manohar should postpone it for 10 days. I do not know whether our people buy land in acres and sell it in yards to the poor. Stop that real estate business for a few days and focus on the SIR process.”
Public meeting in Kodangal, addressing Congress leader Manohar and urging party workers to focus on the Special Intensive Revision exercise.
A chief minister should not make party real estate sound like an administrative department.