Union Minister Bandi Sanjay today lashed out at Chief Minister Revanth Reddy over the latter's remarks on the delimitation of Lok Sabha seats.
Sanjay said that Reddy's proposals were unconstitutional and detrimental to the interests of the marginalised sections of society.
The minister slammed the Chief Minister's argument that a higher number of seats should be allocated to regions generating the highest revenue. "If that logic were to hold true, should all the seats then be allocated solely to Hyderabad? Is there no need to increase the seat count for your own birthplace - Palamuru - or for backward districts including Adilabad?" he asked.
He mocked the CM, saying that after years of sending bundles of cash to the Congress high command he was now formulating political ideologies based entirely on monetary considerations.
Sanjay also accused the Congress of attempting to dismantle the very foundations of the Constitution drafted by Babasaheb Ambedkar. He said that Reddy's comments appeared to be designed to undermine Ambedkar's ideals ahead of the latter's birth anniversary, and that had Ambedkar been alive today he would have expelled the Congress from the country.
He affirmed that the BJP's core objective was to ensure that the fruits of development reached every individual, irrespective of financial status. He said that the credit for the decision to increase the number of seats in every State by 50%, regardless of population size, belonged to Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Sanjay also alleged that the Congress was opposed to women's reservation. He asked why the party had failed to implement the 33% reservation quota during its five decades in power. He added that the Congress continued to maintain close ties with the RJD and the Samajwadi Party, which had in the past torn up copies of the proposed Women's Reservation Bill in Parliament.
He said that Revanth Reddy's remarks had exposed the true nature of the Congress, and urged the CM to stop engaging in divisive politics and speak the truth.