Hyderabad, Feb. 14 -- Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) national general secretary Bandi Sanjay Kumar on Friday hit out at Telangana Chief Minister Revanth Reddy over his remarks against Prime Minister Narendra Modi, saying that it was a "desperate" diversion tactic from the promise of granting 42 per cent reservation for backward classes (BC).

"Yet another desperate diversion tactic from 42 per cent BC reservation - now Congress CM wants to debate PM's caste," Kumar, a junior minister for Home Affairs in the union government, posted on X.

His reaction comes after CM Reddy accused PM Modi of possessing an "anti-backwards classes" mentality. He said that PM Modi's caste was among the upper classes (caste) in Gujarat, but he merged that caste ...