Hyderabad, Aug. 21 -- Strongly criticising Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) working president KT Rama Rao (KTR) for referring to the Congress as a 'dirty' and 'third grade party,' Roads and Buildings Minister Komatireddy Venkat Reddy asked whether the former had forgotten his family's picture with the then United Progressive Alliance (UPA) chairperson Sonia Gandhi after she granted statehood to Telangana in 2014.

Questioning whether KTR did not want a Telangana leader to become the Vice-President of India, Venkat Reddy said he had started doubting the former's commitment to the Telangana cause.

He also reminded that Sudershan Reddy had raised his voice for Telangana's statehood even while serving as a Supreme Court judge.

Observing that th...