Jagga warns Eatala over remarks against chief minister
Hyderabad:
Telangana Congress
working president T
Jagga Reddy
on Sunday warned
BJP MP
Eatala Rajender
to refrain from using unparliamentary language against
chief minister A Revanth Reddy
."Do not test the patience of Congress cadres. You have every right to criticise the chief minister or govt policies, but it should be done in a civilised manner," Jagga Reddy said.
"We can use more abusive words than you, but we are restraining ourselves," he further said.The Congress leader questioned whether the BJP MP had ever met the chief minister seeking solutions to the problems, if any, in his Malkajgiri Lok Sabha constituency."It looks like Eatala is speaking out of frustration because his attempts to secure the BJP state president post have not yielded results so far. Don't be under the impression that you will be rewarded with a post — either as the BJP state president or union minister — by abusing CM Revanth. The Congress cadres will not tolerate your derogatory language against Revanth," he warned.The TPCC working president also said Eatala never used to indulge in caste politics in the past but has been doing it of late, probably to seek the attention of BJP bosses at the Centre.
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