Hyderabad, May 19 -- Telangana Social Welfare Minister Adluri Laxman Kumar on Tuesday strongly condemned BJP MP Dharmapuri Arvind over his remarks against Chief Minister Revanth Reddy and accused the BJP of failing to address key issues concerning farmers.

Speaking to the media at Gandhi Bhavan, Adluri Laxman said Arvind's political journey itself began through the Congress party and asserted that the Congress does not function like the BJP, which, he alleged, operates through directives from Nagpur.

Defending the Chief Minister, the Minister said Revanth Reddy was speaking about his own younger brothers and questioned whether Congress leaders were not entitled to speak about alleged atrocities committed in Nizamabad.

He challenged Arvin...