Hyderabad Assembly row over remarks on Narendra Modi
HYDERABAD: BJP legislators in Telangana on Friday criticised CPI MLA Kunamneni Sambasiva Rao for his remarks on Prime Minister Narendra Modi during a debate in the Assembly on the VB-G RAM G Act, which has replaced the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act.
BJP objects to CPI MLA’s remarks in House
Rao accused the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance government at the Centre of scrapping the UPA-era rural employment law and removing Mahatma Gandhi’s name from the new legislation.
His comments drew protests from BJP members in the House. Speaker Gaddam Prasad Kumar assured them that the matter would be examined and any objectionable remarks would be expunged from the Assembly records.
Assembly passes resolution against Centre
After the debate, the Telangana Legislative Assembly passed a resolution condemning the Centre for replacing the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act with the VB-G RAM G Act, and urged that the earlier law be continued.
Reacting to Rao’s comments, Union Minister of State for Home Affairs Bandi Sanjay Kumar said the remarks reflected the declining relevance of communist politics.
“Communism has lost ground across the country, and such reckless language explains why it is so,” he said in a post on X. “India has progressed under Modiji’s leadership, but Congress and communist politics remain stuck in abuse and irrelevance. This statement must be withdrawn and an unconditional apology issued.”
