Reacting sharply to AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi’s challenge to Rahul Gandhi to contest from Hyderabad, Telangana Congress leaders dared him to contest from any other constituency in the country other than Hyderabad.
“Will Asaduddin contest from Kerala,” asked former PCC chief V. Hanmanth Rao mocking the AIMIM chief at a press conference on Monday, adding that Rahul Gandhi could contest from any constituency in the country.
Telangana Congress vice-president Chamala Kiran Reddy said Mr. Owaisi’s challenge was nothing but a direction from his political bosses in New Delhi and Pragati Bhavan, indicating that Mr. Owaisi was speaking guided by the BJP leaders in New Delhi and BRS leaders in Hyderabad. He said Mr. Owaisi spoke similarly of the INDIA alliance influenced by his ‘powerful’ friends who are scared of Congress.
