Hyderabad: The Telangana BJP on Saturday took a sharp dig at Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy for his “grand political fantasies” of remaining in power till 2034 and then marching into national politics to find a berth in the Union Cabinet led by Congress prince Rahul Gandhi.
Calling the claims a classic case of “daydreaming detached from political reality,” BJP State Chief Spokesperson and Media In-charge N. V. Subash said there was “nothing wrong in dreaming,” but added that dreams should at least have some connection with public mood and electoral arithmetic.
“Politics is not a sequel to Mungerilal Ke Haseen Sapne. One cannot simply close eyes, imagine Delhi durbars, Cabinet berths and decade-long rule while people on the ground are still waiting for poll promises to be fulfilled,” Subash remarked sarcastically.
He said Telangana had already witnessed similar political overconfidence in the past from towering regional leaders like N. T. Rama Rao and K. Chandrashekar Rao.
“Both leaders once believed they were politically invincible.
History, however, has a cruel habit of humbling arrogance.
The people of Telangana have repeatedly shown that no leader is bigger than public sentiment,” he said. This applies even to former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi.
Subash mocked the Congress leadership’s national ambitions, stating that the party itself was struggling for survival across the country and had been reduced to “clinging desperately to a handful of states.”
“Before dreaming of 2034 and Delhi ministries, Mr Revanth Reddy should first ensure that Congress survives politically till then. At the current pace, the Congress may well become a case study in political archaeology,” he quipped.
In a veiled reference to Congress ally Indian Union Muslim League, the BJP leader also said even allies of the Congress had started issuing subtle warnings to the Gandhi family after electoral setbacks in traditional strongholds.
“Why talk about 2034? Let Mr Revanth first guarantee a Congress victory in the 2028 Assembly elections. Even that appears more difficult than finding snow in Hyderabad in May,” he remarked.
Subash further asserted that Telangana had now become a key political target for the BJP under the leadership of State BJP President N. Ramchander Rao and the party’s central leadership.
“The BJP’s next mission is Telangana, and public anger against the Congress government is steadily growing over unfulfilled promises, governance failures and blatant appeasement politics,” he alleged.
He claimed that even sections of minority communities were becoming disillusioned with the Congress.
“The Congress believes communities can be treated as permanent vote banks through endless political baiting. But voters are far more intelligent than what the Congress assumes. The coming GHMC elections may deliver the first reality check,” he said.
Drawing a comparison with the previous BRS regime, Subash said that despite K. Chandrashekar Rao extending several welfare measures towards minorities, voters still chose to reject him decisively.
“That itself should serve as a warning to Revanth Reddy that theatrics, speeches and political fantasies cannot substitute governance,” he added.
