Jangaon, March 16 -- Telangana Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy on Sunday took a dig at the BRS leader Harish Rao's remarks calling former Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao (KCR) "father of Telangana".

"For whom, KCR is the father of the nation. Will this father of the Telangana wake up without the smell of liquor?" Revanth Reddy said while speaking at a public meeting at Shivunipalle in the Station Ghanpur Assembly Constituency.

"Konda Laxman Bapuji, Jayashankar, etc. are the Father of Telangana. A person who looted lakhs of crores, is a liquor addict and sucked the blood of Telangana people cannot be the father of Telangana," he added.

Earlier, Harish Rao had stated that KCR is the father of Telangana while Revanth Reddy is the fathe...