Telangana Irrigation and Civil Supplies and Minister N Uttam Kumar Reddy said that the Congress Government in state would not implement the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) or the National Register of Citizens (NRC) in Telangana.
The former president of State Congress and senior leader was speaking at an Iftar party at Kodad in Nalgonda district on Tuesday.
He went on to say that Congress party is genuinely secular and need to make Rahul Gandhi as PM.
“ప్రభుత్వం తరపున అధికారికంగా చెప్తున్నా….తెలంగాణాల CAA లేదా NRC ని అమలు చెయ్యము”
—- కాంగ్రెస్ మంత్రి ఉత్తమ్ కుమార్ రెడ్డి
Telangana minister N. Uttam Kumar Reddy on said that the Congress government in Telangana state would not implement the CAA or the NRC. pic.twitter.com/5VIX1xMd5N
— Arvind Dharmapuri (@Arvindharmapuri) April 3, 2024
Attending the Iftaar in Kodad hosted by Shri Mohammed Abdul Jabbar. pic.twitter.com/VFCUYogV0N
— Uttam Kumar Reddy (@UttamINC) April 2, 2024
T Jeevan Reddy, a Congress MLA, recently stated at a public meeting that everybody who has come to India or will come in the future has the right to be here.
‘దేశంల అక్రమంగ చొరబడ్డోళ్ళకి సమాన హక్కులు ఇయ్యాల్సిందే’ అని అంటుండు ఈ కాంగ్రెస్ అభ్యర్థి !!
This Congress ✋ contestant is demanding equal rights to the infiltrators.. pic.twitter.com/gYPxLAQFkN
— Arvind Dharmapuri (@Arvindharmapuri) April 1, 2024
As the Lok Sabha Elections are scheduled, Congress party is trying to reach out to Muslims in the state, who make up around 13 per cent of the state’s population, with the potential to impact the decision in at least ten Lok Sabha seats.
In the Telangana Assembly elections of 2023, no Muslim was elected to the Assembly on a Congress or BRS ticket, with only AIMIM retaining its seven seats. However, the state Congress selected veteran politician Mohammed Ali Shabbir as an advisor to the state government on SC, ST, OBC, and minority affairs.
Since then, the Congress party has tried to attract Muslim voters. One of such gestures was the appointment of AIMIM MLA Akbaruddin Owaisi as pro-term speaker of the Telangana Assembly.
On March 15, CM Revant Reddy hosted an Iftar Party attended by AIMIM leader and Hyderabad MP Owaisi.
పవిత్ర రంజాన్‌ మాసం ప్రారంభమైన నేపథ్యంలో ఎల్బీ స్టేడియంలో రాష్ట్ర ప్రభుత్వం ఏర్పాటు చేసిన ఇఫ్టార్‌ విందులో ముఖ్యమంత్రి @revanth_anumula పాల్గొన్నారు. ఈ సందర్భంగా ముస్లిం సోదరులందరికీ శుభాకాంక్షలు తెలియజేశారు. తమ ప్రభుత్వం మైనారిటీల అభివృద్ధికి కృషి చేస్తుందని చెప్పారు. విందులో… pic.twitter.com/9q20ICYxid
— Telangana CMO (@TelanganaCMO) March 15, 2024
During Telangana Assembly elections in 2023, a coalition of Muslim and left-wing leaders formed the ‘Telangana Muslim Organisations Joint Action Committee’ and issued the Muslim Declaration, which included 22 criteria that any political party wanting Muslim support should meet. Telangana chapter of Jamat-e-Islami Hind also gave its support for the Congress in 67 seats, 42 BRS seats, 1 CPI seat, 1 BSP seat, and 7 AIMIM seats in the 119 constituencies.
