Telangana chief minister A Revanth Reddy on Saturday took a swipe at Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) working president KT Rama Rao for allegedly copying his looks, saying “simply growing a beard does not make you look like Revanth Reddy”.
“Just as a fox cannot become a tiger by trying to mimic its stripes, you cannot become a tiger by imitating one. Simply growing a beard does not make you Revanth Reddy. Who knows how many more years it will take for him to gain some wisdom? There was no immediate comment from Rao or the BRS at the time of filing this report. The jibe is the latest in an ongoing war of words between the Congress and the BRS, with leaders from both parties trading barbs over governance, leadership and development in the state.
It took him 50 years to grow a beard. Reddy alleged that despite serving as chief minister for 10 years and the state budget touching ₹ 20 lakh crore, BRS president K Chandrasekhar Rao has not completed any pending irrigation projects.
Reddy also said political posturing without substance is like a fox trying to look like a tiger, and that mere imitation would not earn KT Rama Rao, popularly known as KTR, the trust of the voters. Reddy said, while addressing a gathering in Vikarabad.
Though the Congress government in undivided Andhra Pradesh planned the Pranahita Chevella project to provide irrigation to over 16 lakh acres, KCR transformed it into the Kaleshwaram project by changing its location and escalating the cost, the chief minister alleged. He also alleged the BRS leaders are spreading disinformation that Godavari water is going to neighbouring Andhra Pradesh due to the negligence of the Congress government.
The project was constructed by KCR and it “collapsed” during his regime, he added.
