Why show Miss World contestants Telangana's security operations, asks BRS
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The visit also comes just days after a video showing local Telangana women assisting Miss World contestants in washing their feet at the historic Ramappa Temple sparked a political row.Opposition parties, including the BRS and BJP, slammed the Congress-led state government for allegedly insulting Indian women and reviving colonial-era attitudes. The footage, reportedly filmed in Mulugu district, showed local women, believed to be volunteers, rinsing and drying the feet of the contestants as part of a purification ritual before temple entry.
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