Hyderabad: Union minister of state for home affairs G. Kishan Reddy strongly criticised MIM chief and Lok Sabha MP Asaduddin Owaisi for his “highly irresponsible remarks” that the Central government was trying to convert Hyderabad into a Union Territory.
Owaisi had said that Hyderabad would be made a UT during a discussion in Parliament over the Jammu and Kashmir reorganisation bill on Saturday. The Hyderabad MP accused the Modi Government for having plans to take back powers from key cities like Hyderabad, Mumbai, Chennai, Bengaluru, Ahmedabad and Lucknow and convert them into union territories.
Responding to Owaisi, the Secunderabad MP Kishan Reddy said on Sunday that the Narendra Modi-led Central government had no plans whatsoever to convert Hyderabad to a Union Territory. Reddy said that Asaduddin Owaisi had “walked out” while the union government was replying over his comments during the Saturday session.
Reddy said that the MIM and TRS made false…