Nizamabad, Feb. 16 -- Telangana Minister for Irrigation and Civil Supplies and senior Congress leader N Uttam Kumar Reddy on Monday described the Congress party's sweeping victory in the recent municipal elections as a "referendum" on the government's welfare-oriented and inclusive governance, while terming it a clear rejection of the BJP's attempts at religious polarisation in North Telangana.
Addressing party leaders and workers at the Congress office here after the election of the chairperson and mayor of the Nizamabad Municipal Corporation, Uttam Kumar Reddy said the results reflected public endorsement of development-focused policies and a decisive defeat for divisive politics.
He said the Congress had successfully stalled efforts to...