Bihar NDA leaders decry Telangana Congress chief’s ‘Bihar batch jibe’

Express News Service

PATNA: After Punjab CM Charanjit Singh Channi, it is now the flip of Telangana Congress chief and MP Revanth Reddy who made a controversial assertion in regards to the residents of Bihar.

While addressing staff of the social gathering in Secunderabad on Monday, Reddy mentioned that the IAS officers from Bihar got key posts in Telangana. 

“The Bihar batch is virtually ruling Telangana,” Reddy was quoted as saying. The ‘Bihar batch’ jibe has evoked a pointy response from the ruling NDA in Bihar.

Taking a swipe at Reddy’s remarks, a senior JD-U chief and water sources minister Sanjay Kumar Jha mentioned the Congress chief’s assertion mirrored his hatred for the area that has contributed enormously to the forms and nation-building.

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Reacting to Reddy’s assertion, BJP Other Backward Morcha (OBC) nationwide normal secretary Nikhil Anand mentioned, “The regional bias of the Congress has come to surface. We seek apology from the senior leaders Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Wadra on the issue.”

The BJP spokesperson mentioned the Congress did not just like the individuals of Bihar. That’s why earlier Punjab chief minister had made a controversial assertion about residents of Bihar at an election rally in that state not too long ago.

The leaders of the state Congress averted media for apparent causes. Notably, Telangana Congress chief cited the names of chief secretary Somesh Kumar, Municipal Administration Secretary Arvind Kumar, one other IAS officer Sandeep Sultania, Irrigation Secretary Rajat Kumar and in-charge of DGP and IPS Anjani Kumar all hail from Bihar.

Earlier Punjab chief minister Channi’s ‘Bhaiye remarks’ had stirred up an argument in political circles.