“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.
Words Gone Wild
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.
On the record, more than once
The same speaker on the same topic across different dates. We lay the statements side by side — you decide whether the story changed.
Konda Vishweshwar Reddy
on Student protests · 7 statements
“If it was America, they would have shot them.”
A. Revanth Reddy
on Kaleshwaram · 5 statements
“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.””
A. Revanth Reddy
on Aghora rituals · 5 statements
“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.”
A. Revanth Reddy
on Black magic · 4 statements
“Revanth Reddy alleged that a political opponent linked to the BRS had travelled to Tamil Nadu and Karnataka to perform Aghora rituals and black magic intended to cause drought, poor rainfall and even deaths in Telangana.”
A. Revanth Reddy
on KCR · 3 statements
“What comparison is there between you and me? There is as much difference between us as there is between Nandi and pandi.”
A. Revanth Reddy
on Water · 2 statements
“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.”
Latest on the record
73 on record“You will be beaten black and blue.”
Public meeting in Parakala, Warangal district
Threatening unemployed young people is a strange substitute for answering them.
“Harish Rao is visiting temples to hinder the prosperity of Telangana and to pray that there are no rains in the state.”
Video statement shared on social media accusing BRS leader T. Harish Rao of praying against Telangana’s rainfall and prosperity.
Public office is not a licence to turn rainfall into political sorcery.
“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.
“If it was America, they would have shot them.”
Remarks defending police action against students protesting at Delhi’s Jantar Mantar over the NEET paper-leak issue; the comments circulated in a video and drew criticism.
Democracy cannot be defended by recommending the methods of a firing squad.
“If it was America, which is also a democracy, they would have shot [the protesters].”
Speaking to reporters at the Roads and Buildings Department guest house in Vikarabad while defending police action against student protesters in New Delhi.
A public representative should defend democratic restraint, not advertise hypothetical gunfire.
“If it was America, they would’ve shot them.”
Media interaction at a Roads and Buildings Department guest house in Vikarabad, while discussing police action against student protesters at Jantar Mantar, New Delhi.
A public representative should not present imagined shootings as democratic standards.
“America is a democracy too; there they would’ve shot them.”
Media interaction defending police action against student protesters at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi.
Defending a crackdown by invoking imagined gunfire is not democratic seriousness.
“Yes, police resorted to lathi charge. But other countries take a far harsher stance to such situations. If it was America, which is also a democracy, they would have shot [the protesters].”
Remarks to reporters at the Roads and Buildings Department guest house in Vikarabad, while defending police action against student protesters in New Delhi.
A public representative should not confuse lethal force with democratic restraint.
“As soon as our party forms the government, in accordance with Hindu Sanatana Dharma’s values and culture, we will make it mandatory for girl students to wear a bottu [bindi]. We will propagate these messages of Hindu Sanatana Dharma across.”
Statement on a Hyderabad school controversy, asserting what a future BJP government would mandate in Telangana.
A government promising compulsory accessories has misplaced the meaning of public education.
If the BJP forms the government in Telangana, it will make wearing a bindi and bangles mandatory for Hindu girl students, citing Sanatana Dharma.
Public remarks expressing confidence that the BJP would form the next Telangana government.
A government’s education policy should not arrive dressed as compulsory accessorising.
“As soon as our party forms the government, in accordance with Hindu Sanatana Dharma’s values and culture, we will make it mandatory for girl students to wear a bottu [bindi].”
Public remarks after a controversy involving a Hyderabad school allegedly assigning Islamic religious texts as homework to a Class 2 student.
The proposed education policy appears to begin with policing wrists and foreheads.
He said that if the BJP came to power in Telangana, Hindu students would be required to wear a bottu, while Hindu girl students would be required to wear bangles.
Remarks after a controversy at a private Hyderabad school involving alleged religious instruction given to a Hindu student.
A government should protect freedom of belief, not prescribe a uniform for faith.
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.
“We asked for water, but you want to spill our blood. You tormented Telangana for 60 years. How much more does Congress crave?”
Statement responding to Revanth Reddy’s remarks; KTR demanded irrigation water for farmers and accused Congress of using blood-soaked rhetoric.
The Opposition asked for water and received a blood-themed campaign speech.
“Harish Rao is visiting temples to hinder the prosperity of Telangana and to pray that there are no rains in the state.”
Video statement shared on social media; the remarks later prompted a legal notice from Harish Rao
When governance becomes weather superstition, public office has left the building.
The Delhi student protests were not genuinely led by NEET candidates but by “local goons”; he also claimed foreign interests had used misinformation to destabilise the government.
Media interaction at the Roads and Buildings Department guest house in Vikarabad, following Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan’s resignation.
When students demand answers, branding them infiltrators is governance by accusation.
Even if Booth Level Officers did not perform their duties and remained idle or asleep, they would get their salaries.
Speech at a programme in Kodangal during the Special Intensive Revision exercise.
Public servants were promised pay; the public received a lecture about sleeping on duty.
Even if Booth-Level Officers remained idle or asleep, they would still receive their salaries; they should continue working until August 3 to earn them.
Programme in Kodangal discussing Booth-Level Officers’ work during the Special Intensive Revision exercise.
Demoralising the workforce is an unusual way to supervise it.
He said that even if Booth Level Officers did not do their work and remained idle or asleep, they would still receive their salaries. He also said they should continue working until August 3 to earn those salaries.
Programme in Kodangal during the Special Intensive Revision electoral-enumeration exercise.
Public service cannot be reduced to a salary threat from the chief minister.