BRS leader slams Congress for planned unveiling of Donald Trump Avenue

Hyderabad, June 22 (IANS) With the Congress government in Telangana preparing to unveil a road named after US President Donald Trump in Hyderabad, BRS leader Dasoju Sravan Kumar has written an open letter to Leader of the Opposition (LoP) in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi, accusing the Congress party of “political hypocrisy”.

The BRS leader asked the top Congress leader where the party stands on Donald Trump.

“Delhi’s sovereignty rhetoric versus Hyderabad’s road theatrics. Where does the Indian National Congress stand on Donald Trump? Has Revanth Congress replaced national ideology with private franchisee politics?” asked Sravan Kumar.

He told LoP Rahul Gandhi that he was writing the letter not to embarrass him but to expose what he called private franchisee politics being adopted by Chief Minister Revanth Reddy in Telangana. He said this was explicitly opposite to what Rahul Gandhi advocates at the national level and what the AICC reportedly stands for in national and international politics.

“There is a serious clash between the ideological principles the grand old Indian National Congress Party preaches at the national level and the political theatre it is currently practising at the state level in Telangana. The absolute disconnect between your central leadership in New Delhi and your state government in Hyderabad leaves ordinary citizens wondering: Does the Congress actually possess a uniform ideological anchor, or does it have different values for each state to fulfil political opportunism beyond the control of the AICC or CWC of the Indian National Congress,” wrote the BRS leader.

He cited the AICC release issued on June 20, which launched a scathing attack on the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government’s foreign policy.

“The AICC statement laid out highly specific, non‑negotiable grievances, which every Indian must pay attention to. Shri Pawan Khera, AICC’s national spokesperson, made your party’s position unequivocally clear that Donald Trump’s administration treats India with condescension, repeatedly insults India, and speaks in a ‘language of command, not partnership’. But the ground actions of Revanth Reddy starkly contradict the official policy positions of the AICC,” reads the open letter.

The BRS leader wrote that on June 23, Telangana Chief Minister Revanth Reddy is rolling out the red carpet to immortalise the same American President Donald Trump.

“In Hyderabad’s Financial District, right next to the US Consulate, the Congress‑led Telangana government is attempting to formally inaugurate ‘Donald Trump Avenue’. How do you, as the Leader of the Opposition, reconcile this political hypocrisy?” asked Sravan Kumar.

–IANS

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