Kcr Vijayan Row: ‘Nee po mone’ rift deepens: Telangana’s Reddy hits again with fiery rejoinder at Kerala’s Vijayan | India Information

Reddy dismissed Vijayan’s reliance on the NITI Aayog SDG Index 2023-24 as outdated, arguing it captured the “tail-end” of the earlier BRS-BJP regime that resulted in December 2023. “You proceed to quote the NITI Aayog SDG Index 2023-24 as a verdict on the current Telangana. That index captures the tail-end of a decade of BRS-BJP misrule, which resulted in December 2023. Our authorities has accomplished 28 months. Choose us by that report,” he wrote.He highlighted that his authorities achieved 10.1 per cent GSDP development over 28 months, surpassing the nationwide common at 6.15 per cent, with per capita revenue reaching Rs 3.87 lakh, making Telangana among the many high performers alongside Kerala, Tamil Nadu, and Maharashtra.Reddy additionally questioned Vijayan’s declare that Kerala eradicated excessive poverty by late 2025, asking if the November 2025 declaration of zero excessive poverty was independently verified.He stated, “You tweeted that “by late 2025, Kerala is ready to grow to be the primary state to utterly eradicate excessive poverty.” We’re in April 2026. In your letter, you converse of 64,006 households nonetheless receiving micro-plans. I ask plainly: has excessive poverty been eradicated? Was the November 1, 2025, declaration independently verified?”On graft, Reddy challenged the alleged Sabrimala gold theft being unaccounted as he stated, “I respect NITI Aayog’s corruption rankings. But when Kerala is demonstrably clear, why does the Kerala gold smuggling case with documented hyperlinks to people linked to your Chief Minister’s workplace stay unresolved? Why has 4.5 kg of gold allegedly misappropriated from the Sabarimala Ayyappa temple not been accounted for?”He contrasted this with Telangana’s anti-corruption drive whereas rejecting Vijayan’s “bulldozer politics” cost over poor housing demolitions.Reddy additional touted Telangana’s intention for a $1 trillion economic system in a decade, anchored in future industries at Zahirabad, predicting Kerala’s individuals would quickly go for a “Nava Kerala” imaginative and prescient as his authorities implements it. He invited Vijayan to Thiruvananthapuram for a fact-based debate, signing off: “Greatest Regards”.The rift between the 2 state CMs started when Revanth Reddy, whereas campaigning in Kerala for the Congress-led UDF earlier this month, launched sharp assaults on Pinarayi Vijayan’s authorities. He additionally set Vijayan off by utilizing “Nee po mone Dinesha” (Go away, child) comment, suggesting Vijayan’s “expiry date” had handed.Vijayan hit again by accusing Telangana of poor governance and citing official information on poverty, literacy and corruption, turning the spar right into a wider battle over which state mannequin works higher.