Hyderabad, Sept. 4 -- Telangana BJP President N Ramchander Rao on Friday strongly criticised Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy for praising AIMIM leaders Asaduddin Owaisi and Akbaruddin Owaisi as patriots, alleging that the remarks were aimed at vote-bank and appeasement politics.
In a statement, Ramchander Rao said it was inappropriate to equate the Owaisi brothers with Prime Minister Narendra Modi and union Home Minister Amit Shah, whom he described as true patriots. He questioned the basis on which the Chief Minister and Congress leader Rahul Gandhi were certifying the Owaisi brothers as patriots and demanded that they explain their definition of patriotism to the people.
He said patriotism included respect for the national flag, national...