BJP Ravan, Congress Ram

If you want to defeat Ravan, you have to help Ram. BJP is Ravan and Congres is Ram

A Revanth Reddy Chief Minister, Telangana

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Revanth Reddy, Chief Minister of Telangana, said he was confident of Congress coming to power in Goa in 2027, and that he could sense the same energy in the state as he experienced in Telangana in 2023 ahead of the Assembly elections. He urged the people of Goa not to vote for smaller parties propped up by the BJP. "They are here to divide the people. Any vote for them is a vote for BJP. This time, I urge the people of Goa, vote only for the Hand symbol," he said.

This story has a Ram and a Ravan, he added. "Ravan is BJP, which is dividing the people, and Ram is Congress. If you want to defeat Ravan, you have to support Ram."

Revanth Reddy was speaking in Goa on Sunday as part of the Congress party's Goy Rakhonn Yatra. South Goa is a hub of Congress, but other smaller parties are coming up. If the people vote for them, they would be helping BJP, he stressed.

"Without voting for the Hand symbol, you cannot defeat BJP. Think twice before you vote. Who do you want to run this state? Drug lords? Builder mafia? If you make a mistake once, you can move on. If you make it twice, you can still correct it. If you make the same mistake thrice, not even God can save us," he said.

Today, Rahul ji is trying to unite the people. BJP is trying to divide them, he said. Revanth Reddy was there to represent Rahul Gandhi, who was scheduled to participate in the meeting. "Yesterday, I got a call from Mallikarjun Kharge ji. He said Rahul ji is needed in Delhi, where he is leading the fight for our country. Kharge ji told me to represent Rahul ji here. Rahul ji told him that Congress party workers in Goa are waiting. I am here as a messenger and representative of Rahul ji," he said.

Rahul ji, Revanth Reddy said, is leading the youth, the opposition and the entire country in the fight against the corrupt dictatorship of the Modi government.

He commended Goa Assembly Leader of Opposition Yuri Alemao and Goa Pradesh Congress President Girish Chodankar for organising the yatra. "As Chief Minister of Telangana, I bring love and greetings from the people of Telangana. I remember how we, too, in Telangana had done a similar padayatra. I also note that there is optimism in the air here in Goa. It is the same optimism I found in Telangana ahead of the Assembly elections in 2023, when we won and formed the government there," he said. He said the people are clear that the BJP government cannot be allowed to come to power for a third time in Goa. They won't leave an inch of land for the people of Goa.

"I asked someone in a temple who their CM was. They told me the CM's name was 'Property Sawant'. The people of Goa elected him to lead the state, but that's not what he is doing. He is selling and giving away the land of Goa to others," said the Chief Minister.

Revanth Reddy then recalled an encounter with a youth earlier in the day, whom he asked how life was. "He said things are very bad; there are no jobs. Then what they are doing, I asked. He said they are handling the stress badly and the youth are indulging in drugs. Goa has become a den of drugs," he said.

Before 2023, Hyderabad too had become a den of drugs. "After we took charge, I created the EAGLE force, an elite group of officers to eradicate drugs in Telangana. I came to know that a lot of the drugs are coming from Goa. We sent a team to Goa, and we found a large network of smugglers here," he said.

Revanth Reddy challenged Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant: "The whole of the Indian government is on your side. The Prime Minister and Home Minister are saying Nasha Mukt Bharat. My question is simple – why are you not implementing it in Goa? It is because you are making money off drugs." He asked whether this drugs image was good for Goa. With every department and agency like the ED and CBI under BJP control, why they can’t control drugs in Goa, he asked.

BJP has ruined Goa, he declared. "Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government is destroying democracy in India. They have destroyed the Election Commission. They are misusing SIR to remove the votes of crores of people who are against them, especially Dalits, Adivasis and Minorities. In the past, BJP used ICE and NICE. ED and CBI were used to attack the opposition. It is not working anymore. Now, they are using the ECI itself," said Revanth Reddy.

He said that Modi and Gyanesh Kumar are creating two classes of India – one with a vote and one without. Dalits, Adivasis and Minorities will have no voice. "Gyanesh Kumar must resign. Modi and Shah must face justice for their crimes against India. Our leader Rahul ji is in Delhi to fight for our rights. We must all support him," he said. He said he would take the message from the people of Goa to Rahul Gandhi. "If you are all with Rahul ji in the fight – say with me: Rahul Gandhi – zindabad," he said. "I also say this today – the fight against BJP will begin here in Goa. Next year, we will defeat BJP," he said.

Revanth Reddy also likened the political future of India to the Monsoon. "Just like the Monsoon, which first comes to Kerala, then Goa, and only then reaches Delhi. Kerala is now with Congress, and I am confident Goa will be with us in 2027. After that, the Indian flag will be unfurled in Delhi. What begins in Goa will end at the Lal Qila when Rahul ji becomes Prime Minister of India," he said.

Revanth Reddy said he was certain the tide is turning in Congress' favour. The Monsoon starts from Kerala and then reaches Goa, before going to Delhi. Kerala is already with Congress, Goa will be soon; next stop is Delhi, he said.