Telangana Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy spoke at length about his state’s model of development.
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00:00Thank you very much. Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to this very special session with
00:08one of the rising stars of Indian politics. He is what I call an endangered species. Endangered
00:15why? Because there are only three Congress chief ministers in the country at the moment.
00:20Rewandt Reddy is the youngest of them all at 55 and many believe is one of the rising
00:26stars of his party. Please give a very big hand to Mr. Rewandt Reddy. I'm going to start
00:36Mr. Reddy, my colleague Preeti joins me and I'm going to start by asking you a very simple
00:42question that a BJP leader asked me to tell you. He said we have a Gujarat model as defined
00:48by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and we want to take the Gujarat model national. Please
00:54ask the Congress whether they have a state model that can go national. So I said I'm
00:59interviewing Mr. Rewandt Reddy. I'm asking you this. Do you have a Telangana model like
01:05the BJP claims it has a Gujarat model? Rajdeep ji, Gujarat model is outdated model. It is
01:12like a test match model. Gujarat model is a test match model? No, Telangana model is
01:202020 model. So Telangana model is the model for the country.
01:50Modi ji is desh ka Pradhan Mantri hai. Pir bhi Pradhan Mantri desh har kone kone mein jo
01:56bhi investment aana hai uske liye koi madad nahi dera hai. Kali koi bhi Hindustan ko
02:00aaye toh jao jaake Gujarat mein investment ka do. Yeh kaunsi tariqa hai?
02:05Now what is the difference between your Telangana model and Gujarat model?
02:07Yes, my model is development and welfare and good governance. These three are our core
02:13area. So infrastructure, aap compare kara Ahmedabad mein kitna infrastructure hai,
02:18Ahmedabad is having outer ring road, international airport up to the, will compete with Hyderabad.
02:25Gujarat is having pharma investments, Gujarat is having IT investments. Kya hai Gujarat
02:32mein? Toh mein Hyderabad mein aapko worlds, I am not going to compete with Ahmedabad,
02:39Mumbai, Bangalore, Delhi or anything. I am going to compete with New York, Seoul, Tokyo,
02:47other countries. Toh mera Telangana model se koi takkar le bhi nahi sakta hai.
02:52You are giving an open challenge that Hyderabad is willing to take on Ahmedabad, Telangana
02:58is willing to take on Gujarat when it comes to investments, when it comes to building
03:02cities for the future. Yes, 100%. Humein yeh shuru kiya Future City Development Authority.
03:1030,000 acre mein humein itna shandaar shahar banane ke liye hum log abhi shuruaat kiye.
03:165 saal ke baad aap aake dekho, world's best city I am going to construct. Ahmedabad ya
03:23Gujarat mein kaha par aise city hai? Kaha par vaccine, covid samay par jo vaccine tha?
03:29One third of the vaccines we have supplied. Bulk drugs, 35% of Indian produces from Hyderabad
03:36only, bulk drugs. IT toh mujhe bolne ka zarur hi nahi hai. Ahmedabad mein kya IT exports
03:41hai and Hyderabad mein kitna IT exports hai? You know, before my colleague Preeti jumps
03:46in, I just want to say one thing. This Hyderabad-Telangana model that you are talking about didn't start
03:51in 2023. Just like Mr. Modi cannot claim that India started in 2014, you can't claim
03:56Hyderabad started in 2023. Chandrababu Naidu deserves some credit, Vyas Rajsekar deserves
04:02some credit, KCR. You are taking it forward. Every politician seems to believe that everything
04:07starts and ends with them. Rajdeep, aap truth bolna chah rahe hai. I wanted to tell full
04:13truth. Kuli Qutub Shahi se shuru hua, ye abhi shuru nahi hua hai. Kuli Qutub Shahi ke baad
04:18Nizam, Nizam ke baad Britishers. Britishers ke baad Azadi ke baad hum log jo bhi kiye
04:26Marichandra Reddy se lekar, uske baad Chandrababu Naidu ji hai, uske baad Rajasekar Reddy ji
04:31hai, abhi mai hu. Toh more than 450 years history is there in Hyderabad-Telangana. Toh
04:38Charminar Chandrababu Naidu ji nahi bane, Golconda Fort Chandrababu Naidu ji nahi bane,
04:45Sikandrabad Cantonment toh di Rajasekar Reddy hai, Chandrasekar Rao nahi bane. Jo bhi landmark
04:52developments are there in Hyderabad and Telangana. 400-500 years back Kuli Qutub Shahi se shuru
04:59hokar, Revant Reddy tak wo development continuously. Jo raja badal gaye, jo mukhya mantri badal
05:06gaye, jo pradhana mantri bhi badal gaye. Mahir, humare policies toh nahi badale. Kabhi aap
05:11aake aao Charminar mein mai dikata hu aapko. World's best pearls wahan hi par milne wale,
05:16bangles wahan hi par milne wale, note transaction. Aap abhi dollar transactions ke baare mein
05:22abhi bol raha hai. 400 years back wahan par hai. Duniya mein jo bhi note hai wahan par
05:26aap de ke Hindustan ke note le sakta hai.
05:30Mr. Reddy, you know you've begun with an attack on the Prime Minister Modi in his own ghar
05:36where Gujarat is concerned. But what's the difference Mr. Reddy? Because the Prime Minister
05:42Modi talks about Viksit Bharat. You talk about Telangana rising, making Telangana a
05:471 trillion economy by 2035. His is jumla, yours is vision. How?
05:54Main kisi ka jumla bolke nahi kahena chahata hu. Main ek baat saaf kahena chahata hu.
06:00Disparity ab nahi dikhana hai. Modi ji Gift City lekar gaye. Jo bhi foreign investments
06:05aa raha hai, agar Gift City mein invest kiye toh paise unke desh ko wapas le jaa sakta
06:09hai. Hindustan mein kaisa aisa moka kisi ko nahi diya. Jab Modi ji Pradhan Mantri hai
06:15is desh ka, Gift City ko kyon special exemption diya hua hai? Mera question, mera sawal sida
06:20sida. Yeh madhyam se main Bharati Janta Party aur Modi ji ko main ek hi sawal karna chahata
06:25hoon. Gift City mein aap jo facilities diye, jo investors ko jo undue advantage de raha
06:31hai, kyon Hyderabad mein nahi de raha hai? Ahmedabad mein jo Gift City ko jo out of
06:36the way, jo benefits de raha hai, wahan par koi bhi university aaye, koi foreign investment
06:42aaye, wo investment profit agar aaye toh desh ko lekar jaa sakta hai. Kyon Hyderabad
06:47mein wo facility nahi diye? But Mr. Reddy, you know you were always very cordial with
06:51Mr. Modi, suddenly you've become very combative awfully. No, no, no, I have very good relation
06:55with Modi ji. I don't have any issues with Modi ji. I have issues with policies, not
07:00individual. Modi ji aur Pradhan Mantri hai. Desh ka Pradhan Mantri ko maryada dena, respect
07:06karna, unse milna, unse amar raj ke liye kuch maangna, mera hak hai, mera jamaidari bhi
07:12hai. Log mera upar umeed rakte mujhe Mukya Mantri chunaye. Toh main mera jamaidari nibhar
07:18hoon. Modi ji se I don't have any personal issues. You know, Mr. Ravindra Reddy, you're
07:23talking about building Hyderabad as a futuristic city. Now any city for the future needs investments,
07:30needs funds, needs finances. Looking at your budget, you already have what, a 3.75 lakh
07:35crore debt. You made all kinds of promises before you were elected. All the guarantees
07:40of the Congress, 4000 rupees for example, will be provided to unemployed youth. You
07:45made promises for farmers, for agriculture, labour, and you are struggling to balance
07:50the budget. So all the politicians who are making these guarantees and the promises,
07:54do you agree that's a big challenge? Because you do not have the funds then to actually
07:59invest in the real welfare and infrastructure that states like Telangana need.
08:29I have to pay salaries and pensions six and a half thousand crores. I have to pay per
08:55month six and a half thousand crores on these debts and interest, capital and interest.
09:00So 13,000 crores if you are eating, if you are not eating, you are chai pay, you are
09:05nai pay, I have to pay 13,000 crores before 10th. Only I'm getting 5,000, 5,500 crores
09:13for all this welfare and development. This is what Telangana status. It is not that Telangana
09:18is doing good. But still…
09:21How are you going to pay for the guarantees, 4,000 rupees to unemployed youth?
09:43Chief Minister is telling us that you realised only after you became Chief Minister that
09:47you can't pay for your guarantees.
09:49Not guarantees, repayment of loans. I'm not saying that I'm not going to pay for
09:54guarantees. I'm not able to repay for my guarantees.
09:57But Mr. Reddy, the charge is exactly that. By raising the kind of debt that you are raising,
10:01you are looking to pay your guarantees through that and I'll give you some figures.
10:05Now the situation of the state is where the positive balance for all 100% days in 2014
10:12is now at positive balance in less than 10% of the days.
10:15Now there is a clear enormous fiscal deficit and I'll give you more.
10:19You've already, I think, pledged, correct me if I'm wrong, 50,000 crores in 2024 budget
10:25for your guarantees. Alongside your own Deputy Chief Minister has said that you are raising
10:2980,000 crores as market debt. How does that work out?
10:42There is a slogan like speed thrills but thrills.
10:45Modi Ji has given guarantees in Delhi.
10:48Nobody has questioned Modi Ji.
10:51Modi Ji is against guarantees. Then why is he giving guarantees in Delhi?
10:55Even today, 25,50,000 farmers have been paid within 3 months 21,000 crores.
11:06It is the first time in Indian history that I did it.
11:11But you admit Mr. Reddy, fiscally it's not prudent.
11:15This guarantee business, Revri, guarantee, whatever you might call it.
11:19So you think there should be a national debate on this so-called Revri?
11:42Yes, definitely. Instead of one nation, one election, instead of delimitation,
11:46instead of other things, we have to discuss on this.
11:49We don't get any money to invest on capital expenditure.
11:53I'm sorry to say I'm not able to invest every month 500 crores.
11:56Not even 500 crores I'm not going to spend on my capital investment.
12:00So what will happen to the country in the coming days?
12:05You mentioned one word there and I want to switch for a moment to politics
12:08because many believe that this is going to be the big word in Indian politics for the next 24 months.
12:14Delimitation, the D word. Is it as M.K. Stalin of Tamil Nadu is saying a ticking time bomb?
12:21The fact is the southern states seem to believe that a future Lok Sabha will be shaped in a manner
12:27that the south will lose out to the north only because the south has lower population growth rates.
12:33Do you agree with M.K. Stalin that this is a ticking time bomb?
12:37Do you believe that the time has come for an all-party meeting to be held on delimitation
12:42at the earliest so all misgivings are cleared?
13:12The BJP is trying to eliminate the south by soft paddling.
13:17So to clear the south, to reduce the south's representation, the BJP is trying to do this.
13:25But what is the change? This is under the law. Under the law, the first census post 2026,
13:32delimitation of seats will be done on the basis of that. Where is the change?
13:37Why do you think this has become south versus north?
13:40Yes, you asked the right question. Who has given the order for family planning?
13:45To implement family planning, one family has two boys and then one family has one boy.
13:52We have two, we have two. Who has given the slogan, we have two, we have one?
13:56So you feel you are being penalised?
13:58The order given by the central government, the south has implemented it.
14:03So you want to take revenge from us for doing what the government has said?
14:09Why population? Who has said population? If you want to take population, take 1971 census.
14:16When family planning was not implemented, take 1971 census and do it.
14:22MK Stalin is saying people should have more babies. Are you also going to say that?
14:26So it will take some time. No, no, no. That is other aspect.
14:30But if you want to get benefit from there, postpone it for 30 years.
14:36Then we will show the strength of our south. Then the population will increase.
14:40Then we will see the matter of delimitation.
14:43So are you saying that you agree with MK Stalin that delimitation should be…
14:46Definitely, definitely.
14:47No, no, are you saying defer it for 30 years more?
14:49I am not going to defer 30 years. My point is, it is very simple.
14:54In this country, every state has something. It is a federal spirit, union of states.
15:01There is no representation of Indian people in south.
15:04They are not winning in elections. They are losing in elections.
15:07That is why you cannot find new ways to take revenge and punish the south.
15:12But Mr. Reddy, on a serious note, you had the Home Minister Amit Shah who is saying that there will be…
15:18What he is accusing the southern parties is of whipping up this hysteria.
15:23Not only southern, even Punjab also.
15:26Look at Manish Tiwari's statement. Even Punjab has started saying that there will be no benefit in the north.
15:32Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh is going to more benefit.
15:36Even Punjab and other places are going to lose.
15:39But the Home Minister was on this stage in our last conclave.
15:42And he said it will happen on a pro-rata basis.
15:45And he will give a guarantee that there will be no loss in parliamentary representation to any state at all.
15:53Preeti ji, I wanted to explain, I wanted to expand this discussion.
15:58What is the meaning of pro-rata?
16:00If you calculate pro-rata, Uttar Pradesh is having 80 seats now.
16:05If you want to increase it by 50%, then 80 will become 120. Right?
16:11Do you agree?
16:12Yes.
16:13Tamil Nadu is…
16:14Even on population, yes.
16:15Not population, pro-rata, sitting seats.
16:18If you go to population, forget it, our seats will also be reduced.
16:21If based on the seats, Uttar Pradesh is having… I am taking one example.
16:27Uttar Pradesh is having 80 parliament seats, for example.
16:31If government of India wants to increase 50% of the parliament seats, it is going to land 120. Okay?
16:40True.
16:41Whereas Tamil Nadu is having 39 plus 40.
16:45Same 50% if you are going to increase, Tamil Nadu is going to get 60.
16:50Now whereas Tamil Nadu is having 39, Uttar Pradesh is having 80.
16:56There is a proportional rise on the other side.
16:58So 41 seats are the difference.
17:00Once you are going to take on pro-rata, Tamil Nadu is going to get 60, Uttar Pradesh is going to get 120.
17:09What is the difference between Tamil Nadu and Uttar Pradesh?
17:1160.
17:12So from 40 seats to 20 seats, automatically, the internal structure that Amit Bhai is trying to build,
17:2460, 20 seats are undue.
17:26They are getting it in only one state.
17:28In every state, if you look at the percentage, South is 123 seats total.
17:35If 50% increase, how many seats are going to be there?
17:3860 plus 62 seats maximum.
17:40So we are going to conclude at 183, 185.
17:43So the government should come clean on what they intend to do.
17:46Why aren't you calling for an all-party meet?
17:48If your hands, your heart is so clean, you have washed it with surf, then call for an all-party meet.
17:56We will discuss in the all-party meeting.
17:58Why are you putting it on bureau threats?
18:01Political decisions, policies are to be made by the government.
18:05Political executive, not executive officer.
18:08So you are very clear that all the South states will come together on this issue, right?
18:13All the South states are on the same page.
18:15Not only South Rajdeep, whoever wants to join us from the North, like Punjab,
18:20we will take them along.
18:22Because there is no role of BJP in Punjab.
18:25That's why if it is less in Punjab, they don't care.
18:28Because they are not going to get 1-2 seats in Punjab.
18:31Where BJP is not getting 1-2 seats, if it is less, it is good for them.
18:36They are looking like political benefit or one party.
18:41Okay, they are looking at that political benefit.
18:44Others accuse the Congress now of seeking political benefit through a caste census.
18:49You have become the first chief minister to actually table the caste census in the state assembly.
18:54And that has created another potential friction point.
18:59Because there are even your own MLAs who are saying backward caste have been under-surveyed.
19:03Your decision to bring in a caste census, will caste also end up dividing your state?
19:10Just like you claim BJP is doing a South-North divide,
19:13your party will be accused of creating a caste divide in Telangana itself.
19:19Because your leader Rahul Gandhi wants a caste census across India.
19:22Look at the balance sheet of every company.
19:26Year-wise complete transaction turnover, net assets, liabilities, everything is in the balance sheet.
19:34We are giving it every year.
19:37So how many people are there in this country, why aren't you giving the balance sheet?
19:41After completion of 75 years of democracy,
19:45how many castes are there, for whom is it difficult to count?
19:49If you don't count, the BCs, ACs, STs and others are decreasing.
19:57It is increasing.
19:59So AC, ST, anyway it is there.
20:02Why can't for BCs?
20:04By choosing BCs, who will be affected?
20:08So I have done it.
20:10I have passed a resolution in the assembly that
20:14when you are saying so much for the census, involve the castes too.
20:19When you are doing it for AC, ST, what is the problem in doing it for OBC?
20:23The fear is this will divide India because then every caste will ask for reservation based on their proportion of population.
20:30That is the fear.
20:32No, no, if their demand is right, then what is the difference in giving?
20:35Why do you want to stop reservation?
20:37That's why I said the same thing.
20:39To give reservation to BCs in seats, political reservation, education reservation, employment reservation.
20:45To do injustice to BCs, the Indian people are not doing it.
20:49This is my question.
20:50This is what I want to do.
20:52I have given reservation to SC, ST.
20:54Congress Party has given reservation to SC, ST.
21:10Sir, BJP will play Hindutva politics.
21:12You will play caste politics.
21:13What will happen to the country?
21:15One will divide on the basis of Hindutva.
21:17One will divide on the basis of caste.
21:18How many minorities are there in Modi ji's central government?
21:21There are ministers, Rajdeep ji.
21:23You tell me.
21:24How many people are there?
21:26The people of this country have not fought for freedom.
21:29Minority people have not become martyrs.
21:32Why Modi ji?
21:33How many percentages are there in his government?
21:36A Prime Minister can't do such injustice to any caste.
21:58I am saying this because
22:01if someone has belief,
22:04we have to facilitate them.
22:07We are not doing it in Dussehra.
22:09We are not doing it in Navratri.
22:11We are doing it in Navratri.
22:13When we are doing it in Navratri,
22:15when we are giving incentives to go to Tirupati,
22:19when we are giving incentives to go to temples,
22:22the people in this country,
22:24respecting the personal belief of every caste,
22:29is the federal spirit.
22:31We are trying to give that federal spirit.
22:34Hindus and Muslims.
22:35Anyone, not even Hindus, Muslims, Christians, Sikhs or anyone else.
22:39Even for Anglo-Indians,
22:41we have given representation for 75 years.
22:45The rule that you have given for 200-300 years,
22:48let it go,
22:50their representation,
22:51till 2009-20,
22:53we have given Anglo-Indian reservation in our electoral system.
22:58We have given Anglo-Indian representation in Lok Sabha.
23:01We have given Anglo-Indian representation in the assembly.
23:17Preeti, don't misquote.
23:19South parties are not intact.
23:22Entire South population is intact.
23:25BJP is not with us.
23:27Political party is not with us.
23:29Chandrababu Naidu has made a charge, Mr. Reddy.
23:32And he is saying,
23:33the likes of you and the likes of Mr. Stalin,
23:36are denying a sizeable population in their state,
23:39the right to learn,
23:41if they want,
23:42an optional right to learn,
23:43a link language,
23:44like Hindi,
23:45which will connect the North-South divide.
23:48To learn any language,
23:51there is no need to force it.
23:53In college,
23:54there was an optional language, French,
23:56German,
23:57Sanskrit.
23:58If you want to learn, anyone can learn.
24:01Hindi is the largest speaking language.
24:04This is not national language.
24:06You try to understand my point.
24:09The largest speaking language is Hindi,
24:12followed by Telugu,
24:13followed by Bengal.
24:15Modi ji is trying so hard for Hindi,
24:18or the BJP,
24:20what facility have you given for Telugu?
24:24In the civil exams,
24:26Telugu is the largest speaking language.
24:27In India,
24:28the largest speaking language is Hindi,
24:31the second largest speaking language is Telugu,
24:34and the third largest speaking language is Bengal.
24:37So, you are trying to impose Hindi on us.
24:41But he is saying it is optional.
24:42They are saying it is optional.
24:43But allow people to pick that option,
24:45if they want to.
24:46If it is optional,
24:47then no one has a problem.
24:48I am speaking in Hindi today.
24:50I am speaking in Hindi after learning it.
24:54So,
24:55don't try to impose Hindi on us.
25:00We are against that.
25:02If someone is doing business,
25:04we have learnt English.
25:05This is not our own mother tongue.
25:07But just,
25:08education for employment,
25:10for business,
25:11we are learning English.
25:12By the way,
25:13is there any benefit for us to learn Hindi?
25:16I see a benefit in politics.
25:18If I learn Hindi,
25:19I can come and beat Modi ji.
25:50While the Congress seems to keep losing elections,
25:52Telangana was an exception.
25:53What is the difference, you believe,
25:55between the Congress and the BJP today?
25:57Why can't you win elections,
25:58and they are able to successfully win election after election?
26:02If you want to win an election like BJP,
26:05you have to stay with ED, Income Tax, CBI, Frontal Organization.
26:09If Frontal Organization,
26:11our people,
26:13Youth Congress,
26:14Women's Congress,
26:15Student Congress,
26:16we are trying to fight elections with Frontal Organization.
26:19Bharati Janta Party,
26:21ED, Income Tax, CBI.
26:23Eyes are nice.
26:24I have told last time also.
26:26Nice means,
26:27Narcotics,
26:28Income Tax,
26:29CBI,
26:30ED.
26:32Nice.
26:33Nice.
26:34Narcotics,
26:35Income Tax,
26:36CBI,
26:37ED is nice.
26:38What do you want?
26:39Eyes are nice.
26:40If you want to work in elections,
26:42if you want to join the party,
26:43they offer,
26:44simple,
26:45if you want,
26:46eyes are nice for you.
26:48If you don't want,
26:49BJP's ass is nice.
26:51This is the formula for election winning.
26:55You have to also take some responsibility.
26:58Isn't it true that the Congress organization has weakened?
27:02In Telangana,
27:03you got your act together.
27:04In other states,
27:05you are not able to do.
27:06Why not accept some mistakes,
27:07including of your leadership?
27:08Definitely Rajdeep ji.
27:09You ask,
27:10what is the strength of BJP?
27:11I will tell you the strength of BJP.
27:13If you ask our weakness,
27:14I will tell our weaknesses also.
27:17What is your weakness?
27:18More liberal,
27:19more democratic party.
27:21Whoever says anything,
27:23even after 50 years,
27:24if he gets the Rajya Sabha,
27:25even after 50 years,
27:26if he doesn't get it,
27:28he will come and protest in Jantar Mantar.
27:30Can it be in Bharati Jantar?
27:32Advani ji,
27:33Murali Manohar Joshi ji,
27:35if you keep the big leaders aside,
27:37there was no one to ask.
27:40So in Congress,
27:42those who enjoyed for 50 years,
27:44if they don't get the Rajya Sabha renewal,
27:46they will come and protest in Jantar Mantar,
27:48that how unjust Congress is.
27:50You will show,
27:51you will take interview,
27:52you will take one on one,
27:53you will take all.
28:12You don't need to be cordial,
28:13you don't need to have an acrimonious relationship
28:15with the centre,
28:16which is the Prime Minister.
28:17And things are going very well.
28:19For you,
28:20things were going well,
28:21and then it seemed the high command
28:22got a little irritated
28:23with the bonhomie
28:24between you and Mr. Modi.
28:25And suddenly you have become
28:26very confrontational now.
28:27No, no, no, Preeti ji.
28:28Government is different,
28:29party is different.
28:30Party always has to fight,
28:31government always has to work together.
28:33There is a difference between
28:35party politics and government.
28:38Being a Chief Minister,
28:39I will take a call as a Chief Minister.
28:41I have to oblige,
28:42I have to respect my Prime Minister.
28:44Definitely I will do that.
28:46Once I stand on my
28:47political party platform,
28:49composedly my party stands,
28:52I will say that only.
28:53Who do you take orders from?
28:55For example,
28:56Gautam Adani offered
28:57100 crores for a
28:58skill university in your state,
29:00your party objected,
29:02and suddenly we heard
29:03that you have declined the offer.
29:05The fact is,
29:06who do you take your orders from?
29:07Do you take it from
29:08your high command,
29:09i.e. Rahul Gandhi,
29:11The party did not object,
29:12the opposition objected.
29:14BRS and BJP,
29:15how can Adani take
29:16100 crores from Telangana
29:17for the people?
29:19So I said,
29:20I have taken it for the people,
29:22not for my house,
29:23not for my pocket.
29:24The people who took bonds,
29:26they are not returning it.
29:27Bharatiya Janata Party,
29:28see how much bonds
29:29you have given Adani ji,
29:30they have not returned it.
29:32But I have returned it,
29:34because I don't want
29:35to take any blame.
29:36You were invited to
29:37the Mahakum,
29:38you didn't go.
29:39No, my family has gone.
29:40I had invited Modi ji
29:41and Amit bhai to
29:42Badrachalam Ram Mandir,
29:43they have not come yet.
29:45But Mr. Reddy…
29:46My belief is,
29:47when Ram Mandir
29:48is in my village,
29:49my strongest belief is
29:51that Badrachalam Ram Mandir
29:53is the highest sanctity
29:56and everything.
29:58But Modi ji
29:59and Amit bhai
30:00have never come.
30:02But Mr. Modi,
30:03you know,
30:04Mr. Reddy,
30:05that's a Freudian slip,
30:08but Mr. Reddy,
30:09the fact is,
30:10you know,
30:11you are in the world
30:12of optics,
30:13it's politics.
30:14Should Rahul Gandhi
30:15have gone for the dip?
30:16When you get
30:17a personal opportunity
30:18or not,
30:19Rajdeep ji,
30:20did you go?
30:21I went in 2001.
30:22No, now.
30:23I didn't miss it.
30:24Then when Rajdeep ji
30:25didn't go…
30:26But Rajdeep ji,
30:27he is not a politician.
30:28No, no, Preeti ji,
30:29did you go?
30:30But Reddy sir,
30:31we are not politicians.
30:32We are not in public life.
30:33No, no, no, Preeti ji,
30:34you are and me
30:35in public life.
30:36You are in media…
30:37You are a politician, sir.
30:38Not only politician,
30:39even media persons
30:40also in public life.
30:41These four…
30:42I don't wear my
30:43faith on the sleeve,
30:44I don't need to.
30:45You need to.
30:46Okay.
30:47I am going to ask
30:48You know,
30:49I need to know
30:50I am going to ask
30:51one final question
30:52which is the headline,
30:53I believe.
30:54Tomorrow,
30:55the sports minister
30:56is coming to your state.
30:57We are told
30:58that Rewandt Reddy
30:59wants the Olympic Games
31:00to come to Hyderabad
31:01and not Ahmedabad.
31:02You believe
31:03Hyderabad
31:04is better suited
31:05to host the Olympics
31:06in 2036.
31:07Is that true
31:08that you have written
31:09to the prime minister
31:10saying,
31:11make Hyderabad
31:12India's Olympic city?
31:13I have given
31:14representation
31:15to sports minister
31:16Mansukh Mandavia.
31:17Hyderabad
31:18is the place
31:19for sports.
31:20We have conducted
31:21World Military Games,
31:22National Games,
31:23Afro-Asian Games.
31:24We have very,
31:25very good
31:26infrastructure
31:27in Hyderabad
31:28and
31:29Nikkat Zarin,
31:30Sanya Mirza,
31:31P.V.
31:32Singh,
31:33and
31:34Mr.
31:35Sinha.
31:36All those
31:37from
31:38Hyderabad
31:39and
31:40Telangana.
31:41So,
31:42our
31:43infrastructure
31:44is 100
31:45times better
31:46than
31:47Ahmedabad.
31:48You are
31:49saying
31:50Hyderabad
31:51over
31:52Ahmedabad.
31:53That's
31:54what I
31:55want to
31:56say.
31:57Today,
31:58we will
31:59take the
32:00fine-facting
32:01team
32:02to find
32:03out
33:04which
33:05brand
33:06will
33:07be
33:08pushed
33:09by
33:10Ahmedabad.
33:11With
33:12that,
33:13ladies and
33:14gentlemen,
33:15please
33:16raise a
33:17warm
33:18applause
33:19for the
33:20Telangana
33:21Chief
33:22Minister.