Hyderabad, April 17 -- Union minister G Kishan Reddy, speaking at a press meet in Delhi on Friday, April 17, said BJP MP Tejasvi Surya "had admitted his remarks on Telangana were wrong," adding that he shared the same view, even as protests broke out in Telangana and political reactions intensified over the controversy.

"He (Tejasvi Surya) admitted his remarks were wrong and so do I," he said, speaking at a press meet in Delhi on Friday, April 17.

The statement marks a shift from his position a day earlier in Parliament, where he had said that Surya's comments were "not intended to lessen or denigrate the people of Telangana or its statehood movement."

The video of the shift in Kishan Reddy's stand went viral online.

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