Congress stoking unwanted differences in the country, alleges A.P. Deputy CM Pawan Kalyan

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Andhra Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister K. Pawan Kalyan paying  tributes astatine  the statue of Amarajeevi Potti Sriramulu, successful  Amaravati connected  Wednesday.

Andhra Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister K. Pawan Kalyan paying tributes astatine the statue of Amarajeevi Potti Sriramulu, successful Amaravati connected Wednesday. | Photo Credit: K.V.S. Giri

Jana Sena Party (JSP) president and Andhra Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister K. Pawan Kalyan connected Wednesday said Congress leaders Rahul Gandhi, Priyanka Gandhi and their enactment president Mallikarjun Kharge should springiness up authorities of convenience and bash indispensable people corrections arsenic they were moving a nationalist party.

“If Mr. Rahul Gandhi tin contention elections successful Wayanad, which is not his location State, wherefore should anyone who wishes to participate the electoral arena successful different States beryllium criticised and their attempts scuttled? The JSP leaders who mean to contention the 2028 elections successful Telangana are each autochthonal of that State,” Mr. Pawan Kalyan observed.

Addressing the media aft paying tributes to Potti Sriramulu astatine the Amarajeevi Smriti Vanam astatine Sakhamuru, Mr. Pawan Kalyan said a caller contention would not person breached retired connected the Telangana statehood contented had the Telangana authorities granted support to the gathering of the JSP connected June 2.

He suggested that the Congress’s apical brass should beryllium acrophobic astir the show of the party’s MPs and MLAs, and not hide that Andhra Pradesh was their root of strength, but ceased to beryllium successful the reckoning owed to its mistakes.

Mr. Pawan Kalyan said the differences helium had with leaders similar K.T. Rama Rao of the BRS was lone argumentation based, but the JSP ne'er opposed the bifurcation of the unified State.

“Going by the Congress marque of politics, it seems to beryllium stoking unwanted differences successful the country, which is posing a menace to the integrity of the nation,” helium alleged.

Mr. Pawan Kalyan noted that Potti Sriramulu, whose ultimate sacrifice facilitated the enactment of Andhra State, ne'er made immoderate abusive remark connected anyone during the struggle.

“This is successful crisp opposition to the behaviour of modern leaders successful Telangana. Unlike Potti Sriramulu, immoderate of them are making highly objectionable comments connected those speaking for Telangana arsenic if lone they person affection for that State and each others person vested interests, including political,” helium observed.

He expressed regret that Potti Sriramulu was being identified with the caste to which helium belonged and sub-regionalism was unluckily much profound successful Andhra Pradesh than successful Telangana, and it was laced with casteism, which peaked aft the YSR Congress Party came to powerfulness successful 2019.

“Dr. B.R. Ambedkar desired the annihilation of caste, but I americium not definite whether it volition happen,” helium said, portion insisting each castes were inter-dependent.

Asked to remark wherefore the BJP reportedly downplayed the contented of denial of support for the JSP gathering successful Telangana, Mr. Pawan Kalyan said that question should beryllium enactment to the BJP, portion stating that parties would person their ain sensitivities.

Published - June 03, 2026 09:11 p.m. IST

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