Kumar said that KCR's "illness" was a lame excuse, and that the people were laughing at him for staying away from no less than a PM visit citing mild fever.
Telangana BJP President Bandi Sanjay Kumar today strongly condemned the breach of protocol by Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao in staying away from welcoming Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the latter's arrival in the city.
Speaking to the media at the Rajiv Gandhi International Airport in Shamshabad after welcoming the Prime Minister, who came to Hyderabad to take part in the golden jubilee celebrations of the International Crop Research Institute for Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT) at Patancheru and also to dedicate the Statue of Equality, a statue of 11th century Vaishnavaite saint Ramanunacharya at Muchintal, on the city outskirts, Kumar wondered what other more important item on his schedule prevented KCR from according a welcome to the Prime Minister of the country during a rare visit to the state.
He reminded KCR that the Prime Minister had given an appointment to him whenever he had sought one.
"How can you confine yourself to your farmhouse ignoring the basic courtesy of welcoming the Prime Minister on his visit to the State?" Kumar asked the CM.
Kumar said that KCR's "illness" was a lame excuse, and that the people were laughing at him for staying away from no less than the Prime Minister's visit on the pretext of suffering from mild fever.
"It is evident that the Chief Minister doesn't want to show his face to the Prime Minister, as the entire country is abhorring him for his filthy abuses hurled at the latter," Kumar said. "KCR has scant regard for democracy. He insulted Baba Saheb Ambedkar by calling for a redrafting of the Indian Constitution. And now he has insulted the Prime Minister by violating protocol. His behaviour is an affront to the whole nation."