Hyderabad, July 8 -- The Telangana High Court has reserved its judgment on a petition filed by chief minister A Revanth Reddy seeking to quash a case registered against him in a lower court over remarks made during last year's Lok Sabha election campaign at a "Janajathara" public meeting.

The case stems from a private complaint filed by BJP State General Secretary Kasam Venkateshwarlu in a Nalgonda district lower court. Venkateshwarlu alleged that Revanth Reddy, during his speech at the Janajathara meeting, claimed the BJP would abolish reservations if it came to power, which he argued was defamatory and damaging to the party's reputation.

The complaint was admitted by the court for further proceedings, and audio and video recordings of...