Archive · 22 Aug 2026
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.
- When
- The article does not specify when the social-media post or alleged incidents occurred.
- Where
- The dispute concerns Telangana, with KTR referring to Gandhi’s protest in Delhi and the chief minister’s residence in Jubilee Hills, Hyderabad.
- Why
- KTR said Gandhi should apply the same concern for students in Telangana that he showed for students in Delhi.
- 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