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KTR Challenges Rahul Gandhi Over Telangana Student Protests
K. T. Rama Rao criticized Rahul Gandhi over his response to student protests.
Gandhi had protested for students in Delhi.
KTR said students in Telangana had also allegedly faced police force.
He asked why Gandhi had not protested about those students.
KTR challenged Gandhi to demonstrate outside the Telangana chief minister’s home.
He said students should have the same rights in every state.
KTR accused Congress of having different standards for student issues.
He said people may question Gandhi’s concern if he does not respond.
BRS leader K. T. Rama Rao questioned Rahul Gandhi’s silence over alleged police action against students in Telangana.
KTR contrasted Gandhi’s protest in Delhi with the alleged repression of students by Telangana’s Congress government.
He challenged Gandhi to protest outside Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy’s residence in Jubilee Hills.
KTR alleged that police in Telangana used force, dragged students away and suppressed their rights.
He accused Congress of applying double standards and urged Gandhi to condemn police action wherever it occurs.
- Who
- BRS working president K. T. Rama Rao challenged Congress leader Rahul Gandhi.
- What
- KTR criticized Gandhi’s silence over alleged police action against students in Telangana and urged him to protest.
- Where
- The dispute concerns Telangana, with KTR referring to Gandhi’s protest in Delhi and the chief minister’s residence in Jubilee Hills, Hyderabad.
- When
- The article does not specify when the social-media post or alleged incidents occurred.
- Why
- KTR said Gandhi should apply the same concern for students in Telangana that he showed for students in Delhi.
Key facts
- Speaker
- K. T. Rama Rao, working president of the Bharat Rashtra Samithi
- Person challenged
- Rahul Gandhi
- State concerned
- Telangana
- Allegation
- KTR alleged that police used force against, dragged away and suppressed students in Telangana.
- Political party criticized
- Indian National Congress
- Referenced location
- Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy’s residence in Jubilee Hills
- Platform
- KTR made the remarks in a post on X
Quotes
KT Rama Rao
BRS working president and Telangana political leader
“Rahul Gandhi ji, you are protesting for students in Delhi. When will you protest against the atrocities committed by your Congress government against students in Telangana? When will you sit in protest outside the Chief Minister's Jubilee Hills residence?”
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“Rahul Gandhi, who has the moral courage to protest for students in Delhi, should show the same courage by fighting for students subjected to the Congress government's lathis in Telangana.”
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