"Silly statements...": Geeta Reddy slams opposition BRS over Congress' Thalli remark

Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], December 10 (ANI): Congress leader J Geeta Reddy has lashed out at the opposition Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) over the "silly" remarks made by its leaders regarding the inauguration of the 'Telangana Thalli' statue.
This comes after BRS chief KT Rama Rao on Monday said that Congress was trying to insult Telangana by 'changing' the statue. Appealing people to oppose the move, the BRS chief said that the statue unveiled at the secretariat was Congress 'Thalli' (mother of Congress) and not the mother of Telangana.
"There is no need to react to such silly statements. That's all. What we did, we did. Because we are the ones who brought Telangana. It is our own leader (Thalli). So there is no point in asking us or questioning us. They should accept it. It is the decision of the government and people to have a Telangana Thalli like she is today," Reddy told ANI.
Telangana Health Minister Damodar Raja Narasimha also said that they were not bothered by the remarks made by BRS. He said that the Telangana government was concerned about people and their emotions.
"We are not bothered about what they (BRS) are speaking...We are only concerned about the people and their emotions...They were not able to do this in the past nine years of their regime, but we have done it..." Narasimha said.
Speaking to ANI, Telangana Minister Uttam Kumar Reddy accused the BRS of being "jealous."
"This is a good Telangana Thalli Statue...They (BRS) are saying such things out of jealousy..." Uttam Kumar Reddy said.
This comes after BRS chief KT Rama Rao on Monday said that Congress was trying to insult Telangana by changing the statue. Appealing people to oppose the move, the BRS chief said that the statue unveiled at the secretariat was Congress 'Thalli' (mother of Congress) and not the mother of Telangana.
Meanwhile, Kalvakuntla Taraka (KT) Rama Rao told ANI, "After many years of struggle and losing young people as martyrs...we got Telangana as a (separate) state. Today we are seeing those responsible for martyring thousands and those who had nothing to do with the Telangana movement, the same Congress party, trying to insult Telangana again. Telangana Thalli was installed on the basis of aspirational values of the movement. There is an attempt to change the statue. This is a very sad day for us. We believe that the statue that was unveiled today is Congress Thalli (mother of Congress) and not Telangana's mother. We want people to oppose this move. We will replace the statue when we come to power in the next four years,"
Earlier, BRS leader K Kavitha also lashed out at Congress over installing the statue on the birth anniversary of Sonia Gandhi. She accused the Congress of playing with the sentiments of people in Telangana, saying that Chief Minister Reddy unveiled the statue because he wanted to score "brownie points." (ANI)