Hyderabad: Telangana BJP president N Ramchander Rao on Monday condemned Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge ’s remarks about Prime Minister Narendra Modi ’s family, alleging that Congress leaders were resorting to derogatory language out of frustration over their inability to win elections.
He alleged that Congress leaders were unable to accept the rise of an ordinary chaiwala to the country’s highest political office and were abandoning political decorum after remaining out of power for over 12 years. He announced a padayatra on Nov 2 under the slogan ‘Loktantra Bachao, Arachakata Hatao’, meaning ‘Save Democracy, Remove Anarchy’. Addressing a news conference at the state BJP office, Rao termed Kharge’s reported remarks about Modi’s father at a rally in Patna despicable.
Union home minister Amit Shah would participate in the march, he said.
Citing figures related to electoral roll verification, Rao said deletions involved deceased, absent, permanently shifted and duplicate voters. Earlier reporting noted: BJP protests Kharge’s remark on PM’s father in Bihar and Jharkhand The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) units in Bihar and Jharkhand on Monday (October 26, 2026) staged protests against Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge over his controversial remark, “ Modi ka baap bhi jayega ” (Modi’s father will also be defeated), made at a party event in Patna. He accused Congress leaders of making allegations against the Election Commission without evidence. BJP leaders and workers in both States took out marches and burnt effigies of the Congress leader. Kharge. Before burning his effigy, some protesters slapped it to register their protest. They also carried placards and posters bearing slogans against Congress leader Rahul Gandhi. Several senior party leaders and office-bearers, including Cooperative Minister Ram Kripal Yadav and MLA and Chief Whip Sanjeev Chaurasia, participated in the protest.
Earlier reporting noted: In Patna, hundreds of BJP workers, led by State unit president Sanjay Saraogi, took to the streets and raised slogans against Mr. Earlier reporting noted: The protesters gathered near the State BJP office and marched through the Income Tax roundabout to Dak Bungalow Chauraha, where they burnt an effigy of the Congress president.
Rao also criticised Revanth Reddy’s proposed visit to Delhi for a rally on Nov 1, alleging that the chief minister was neglecting the state’s water crisis. He claimed nearly 330 of over 600 mandals were facing rainfall deficiency and that only about 500 of 6,000 tanks across Telangana retained water. He also alleged that Hyderabad depended on around 8,000 water tankers daily.
Rao said the BJP would burn effigies of Congress in Hyderabad and district headquarters in protest against Kharge’s remarks. Rao defended the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, alleging that Congress leaders were spreading misinformation despite the process being conducted transparently. Challenging chief minister A Revanth Reddy, he asked him to identify eligible voters whose names had been illegally deleted in his native village, Kondareddypally.