Hyderabad, Feb. 1 -- In a tense exchange on Friday, January 31, Union minister of state for Home affairs Bandi Sanjay Kumar challenged Telangana chief minister Revanth Reddy to rename Hyderabad as Bhagyanagar.

The Karimnagar MP's remark comes in response to Revanth's statement threatning to rename the street which houses the Telangana Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)'s office in Nampally as Gaddar Galli. Addresing the chief minister, Bandi said, "If you have guts first change Hyderabad's name to Bhagyanagar."

He further said that the Congress party insulted Gaddar while he was alive, and used him as an intelocutor for a dialogue with naxals. "Couldn't help but laugh at Congress CM who thinks renaming a street is some kind of revenge for not...