Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], July 5 (ANI): Bharat Rashtra Samiti (BRS) leader KT Rama Rao on Saturday mocked Chief Minister Revanth Reddy and stated that if Reddy continued to be the CM, Congress would end up not having voters for the next 15 years.

Speaking to ANI, Rao said, 'The condition of Congress in the state is such that if Revanth Reddy continues as the CM for five years, Congress will not have any voters for the next 15 years...'

Rao further reacted to CM Reddy's statement on naming welfare schemes after Indira Gandhi and said that the statement indicated that people would not understand the greatness of Indira Gandhi unless they were stripped and thrashed.

Rao also questioned Rahul Gandhi if getting people thrashed was his 'mohabbat ki dukaan.'

'He has gone on to say that unless people are stripped and thrashed, they will not understand the greatness of Indira Gandhi. I would like to ask Rahul Gandhi, is this your 'mohabbat ki dukaan'?... People of the state will not tolerate this language and will avenge it at the right time... ' he added.

Earlier, CM Reddy stated that the welfare and development schemes by Indira Gandhi had been enlightening the lives of the poor, hence they were being named after her.

'The welfare and development schemes launched by Indira Gandhi are enlightening the lives of the poor, and that's the reason we are naming our welfare schemes after Indira Gandhi. In Hyderabad, to provide a meal for Rs 5 to the poor and even provide them breakfast, we have named canteens after Indira Gandhi. These senseless people staged a protest against naming canteens after Indira Gandhi. They won't understand the greatness of Indira Gandhi unless they're stripped and thrashed, Reddy said.

Earlier on July 4, KT Rama Rao, in an attack on Rahul Gandhi, accused him of ignoring Telangana's pressing concerns in Parliament.

Rama Rao said Gandhi had failed to raise key promises made during the 2014 bifurcation of Andhra Pradesh, including national status for an irrigation project and the establishment of the Bayyaram steel plant. (ANI)