Telangana CM Revanth Reddy under fire over ‘anti-Hindu’ remarks, BJP stages protest in Hyderabad: VIDEO

VIDEO | Hyderabad: BJP workers protest outside party office against Telangana CM Revanth Reddy statement on Hindu Gods.

Drawing an analogy with the Hindu religion, CM Revanth Reddy, speaking during a Congress event, said there are many gods worshipped by the devotees.

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What did Revanth Reddy say?

Reddy sparked the controversy during his addresse at an event of the Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee. News agency ANI, citing a Telangana CMO statement, quoted Reddy as saying: “Because there is freedom in the Congress, the party has existed for 140 years. If there were no freedom, it would have shut down long ago, like the other regional parties, like the Janata Party, and like the other parties. People with all kinds of mindsets will be there in here.”

Drawing the parallel, Reddy said: “How many Gods are there in Hinduism? How many deities? Are there 3 crore? Why? There is Hanuman for those who don’t get married, there is another God for those who marry twice, there is one God for those who drink alcohol, there are people who offer Alcohol and Chicken to Yellamma, Pochamma, Maisamma; and there is also a God for those who eat Rice & Dal. Isn’t that right? There are all kinds of Gods. The Congress party is also a party that takes along all kinds of people with all kinds of mindsets.”

VIDEO | Telangana CM Revanth Reddy (@revanth_anumula) says Congress takes everyone along, draws analogy with diversity of Hindu Gods.

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He further said: “We don’t even have a [Ekabiprayam] consensus on God. One person will bow to Lord Venkateshwara, another will bow to Lord Anjaneya [Hanuman]. One person says ‘no, I will wear the Ayyappamala’ and another says, ‘I will wear the Shivamala’. When we were unable to bring consensus even on Gods, I don’t think there will be a consensus on political leaders or district presidents.”

He, however, said there should be good opinion despite the difference. “If there is no good opinion, then it will not be useful to us. I don’t intend to ask how you were until yesterday. Over the course of many years, there will be people you like and people you don’t. Sometimes you feel someone didn’t greet you, or if you greeted them, they didn’t return it, there will be these small, minor issues.”

He said, such issues must not be held onto have taken up this responsibility. “Today, you (DCC Presidents) are taking charge from this day onwards. From today onwards, changed person should be seen in you.”

BJP slams CM Reddy’s ‘anti-Hindu’ mindset

The BJP slammed Reddy for his remarks, which the saffron party has deemed “anti-Hindu”. Raising slogans of “Jai Shree Ram”, BJP workers spilled onto Hyderabad streets demanding an apology from Reddy.

BJP national spokesperson and MP Sambit Patra said: “Whether it is Maulana Madani or Congress, both are saying the same things. I condemn what the Congress leader and Telangana CM Revanth Reddy said on Hindu gods and goddesses. This shows the poison in Congress against Hindus. Revanth Reddy said if gods don’t have consensus then how can we have consensus…”

VIDEO | Parliament winter session 2025: BJP MP Sambit Patra (@sambitswaraj), on Telangana CM Revanth Reddy’s comment on Hindu gods, said:

“Whether Maulana Madani or Congress, both are saying the same things. I condemn what the Congress leader and Telangana CM Revanth Reddy said… pic.twitter.com/nN36nHBMN2

— Press Trust of India (@PTI_News) December 3, 2025