Hyderabad, Feb. 14 -- Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) MLA T Harish Rao criticised Union Minister for Industry and Supply Piyush Goyal for his remark on southern states including Telangana.

It is to be noted that Goyal referred to states including Telangana, Tamil Nadu and Karnataka as narrow-minded. "There a few states like Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and Telangana which say that the bigger the amount of tax paid, the bigger the refund."

Goyal went on to say that such demands by the southern states are unfortunate. Reacting to the Union minister's remark, Rao said it is shameful to demean the southern states by referring to their thought process as "Choti Soch."

The Siddipet MLA further said that it's a fact that the southern states have develo...