Hyderabad, April 1 --  The Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee on Wednesday, April 1, hit back at Union Home Minister Amit Shah over his remarks describing late Telugu poet-revolutionary Gaddar as a "Naxal," with party leaders demanding an apology and staging protests across the city.

TPCC president Mahesh Kumar Goud said Shah's remarks were an insult not just to Gaddar but to the people of Telangana, and urged the Union Minister to retract his statement. 

"Gaddar spent his entire life fighting in solidarity with the farming and working classes. He raised his voice for Telangana through his songs," Goud said, adding that Prime Minister Narendra Modi himself had praised the poet.

Goud also pointed out that the Congress govern...