Hyderabad, July 13 -- The Congress party has strongly condemned the statement of Home Minister Mahmood Ali wherein he targetted opposition parties over their protest against the demolition of two mosques and a temple in the Secretariat complex.

Hyderabad Congress Minorities Department Chairman Sameer Waliullah and TPCC Spokesperson Syed Nizamuddin along with TPCC General Secretary SK Afzaluddin issued a joint statement on Monday ridiculing the assurance being given by the Home Minister that the state government would construct a new mosque and temple along with the new secretariat.

"Everyone in Telangana knows that Mahmood Ali is a toothless tiger. He is a dummy minister and a rubber stamp who has no powers even to appoint or suspend a ...