Hyderabad, Oct. 2 -- Telangana Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders including state president N Ramchander Rao and Union Coal Minister G Kishan Reddy on Friday, October 2, criticised Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi for not acknowledging the "heroism" of Capt Smit Machchar, who saved a flydubai flight despite being stabbed by his co-pilot.

In an X post, Kishan Reddy said that Capt Smit "risked his life to prevent another 9/11 like incident" yet Rahul Gandhi, "who responds even to meaningless issues and speaks as though he is changing the world" has not been able to "share a single post let alone talk about Capt. Smit Machchhar"

He said Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra "have not had the decency to acknowledge the her...