Archive · 23 Aug 2026
Kishan Reddy Accuses Congress of Politicising Revanth’s US Visit Clearance
Union Minister Kishan Reddy criticized the Congress party over Telangana Chief Minister Revanth Reddy’s planned visit to the United States.
He said the Ministry of External Affairs decides whether official foreign trips can happen.
According to him, these decisions follow security and diplomatic rules, not political revenge.
He said similar permissions had previously been denied to BJP ministers.
Reddy also criticized the Bhu-Bharathi land system in Telangana.
He alleged that large amounts of private land were wrongly placed on a prohibited list.
He said Congress had promised to fix problems linked to the earlier Dharani portal but had created worse problems.
He also accused HYDRA of treating poor people differently from some political leaders.
Kishan Reddy accused Congress of spreading false propaganda over Revanth Reddy’s US visit clearance.
He said the Ministry of External Affairs approves foreign visits under diplomatic and security protocols.
Reddy said similar permission denials occurred for BJP ministers under previous regulations.
He accused Congress of worsening land-related exploitation through Telangana’s Bhu-Bharathi system.
Reddy also alleged that HYDRA applies different rules to poor people and political leaders.
- Who
- Union Minister G Kishan Reddy, Telangana Chief Minister Revanth Reddy, the Congress party, and the Ministry of External Affairs.
- What
- Kishan Reddy criticized Congress over Revanth Reddy’s US visit clearance and raised allegations about Bhu-Bharathi and HYDRA.
- When
- Kishan Reddy made the remarks on Saturday.
- Where
- The remarks concerned Telangana and Revanth Reddy’s proposed visit to the United States; Reddy addressed the media in Hyderabad.
- Why
- Reddy said Congress was politicising a process governed by diplomatic and security protocols, and alleged misconduct in land administration and demolition activities.
Congress’s criticism
Kishan Reddy’s response
US visit clearance
Congress’s criticism
Congress was described by Kishan Reddy as raising concerns and alleging political interference in the clearance issue.
Kishan Reddy’s response
Kishan Reddy said the issue was being politicised through false propaganda and that clearances follow diplomatic norms and international security protocols.
Land administration
Congress’s criticism
The article does not provide Congress’s response to Reddy’s allegations about Bhu-Bharathi.
Kishan Reddy’s response
Reddy alleged that lakhs of acres of private land had been included in the prohibited 22A list and that Bhu-Bharathi represented more severe exploitation than Dharani.
HYDRA enforcement
Congress’s criticism
The article does not provide HYDRA’s or Congress leaders’ response to the allegation of unequal treatment.
Kishan Reddy’s response
Reddy alleged that HYDRA applies one set of rules to poor people and another to Majlis and Congress leaders.
- Main speaker
- Union Minister for Coal and Mines G Kishan Reddy
- Chief minister involved
- Telangana Chief Minister Revanth Reddy
- Visit discussed
- Revanth Reddy’s official foreign visit to the United States
- Decision-making authority
- The Ministry of External Affairs
- Land system criticized
- Bhu-Bharathi
- Earlier portal mentioned
- Dharani, associated with the previous BRS regime
- Agency criticized
- HYDRA