Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee (TPCC) has criticised State president of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Bandi Sanjay for carrying the footwear of Union Home Minister Amit Shah here on Sunday and termed the act as placing the self esteem of Telangana people at the feet of Mr. Shah.
Speaking to reporters here on Monday, working presidents of TPCC B. Mahesh Kumar Goud and M. Anjan Kumar Yadav, senior vice president Mallu Ravi said while several Backward Classes (BC) leaders had donned the role of PCC president and even the BJP State unit president, the BJP leader, who always speaks about BC communities, had hurt the self respect of the BCs with his uncalled for act on Sunday.
They sought to know what forced Mr. Sanjay, who is a State president of the party an an MP, to carry the footwear of Mr. Shah to the latter’s feet. They demanded that both Mr. Amit Shah and Mr. Sanjay seek an apology from BC communities in the State.
