Pic: Venkat Rao M Chief minister A Revanth Reddy along with Bihar leader Tejashwi Yadav at Sadar sammelan event organised by the Yadav community in the city on Wednesday.
Calling upon the Yadav community to teach Shastri a lesson if he visited Telangana, Tejashwi said they would respond similarly in Bihar. He asserted that the Yadav community would not tolerate attempts to insult Lord Krishna and would resist those making controversial remarks about the deity. Participating in the annual Sadar Sammelan organised by the Sri Krishna Sadar Sammelan Utsav Committee at NTR Stadium in Hyderabad, Tejashwi condemned the recent remarks by Bageshwar Dham chief Dhirendra Krishna Shastri on Lord Krishna. Mockingly referring to Shastri as Thugeshwar Shastri, he alleged that such figures were acting at the behest of Prime Minister Narendra Modi .
Hyderabad: Former Bihar deputy chief minister and RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav on Wednesday accused the BJP and RSS of dividing people on religious lines and alleged that they were attempting to divide even gods.
Accusing the BJP and Amit Shah of attempting to crush democracy and change the Constitution, Tejashwi said his party would work to protect constitutional values and democracy. The RJD leader also highlighted the cultural significance of the Sadar festival and said the Yadav community stood for truth and justice. Questioning the functioning of the state govt, Tejashwi said the deteriorating law and order situation reflected the failure of the chief minister and raised concerns over the safety of ordinary people.
He called upon people to unite against the BJP and RSS. He expressed gratitude to Telangana chief minister A. Revanth Reddy for organising the Sadar Sammelan officially and according state recognition to the traditional festival. Tejashwi shared the dais with Telangana chief minister A Revanth Reddy and deputy CM Bhatti Vikramarka of the Congress, RJD MP Sanjay Yadav from Bihar, Samajwadi Party MPs Dharmendra Yadav and Akshay Yadav from Uttar Pradesh, former MP Lal Singh from Jammu & Kashmir, and several other leaders.