Missing from the spotlight? Telangana’s CM Revanth Reddy-who, despite being in Delhi, skipped the festivities, setting the grapevine ablaze. While others turned up with backyard roses and laddoos past their prime, Revanth’s absence was sharper than a candle snuff on the cake that never came. He just wished him silently on the X.
Senior Congress leader Kama Ashok Kumar lauded Vivek, calling him a “dependable and most reliable lieutenant” for the Chief Minister. “Vivek’s wit, exposure, and overwhelming access to the common people make him an asset. Though considered under the Mala quota, his reach transcends communities,” Ashok said.
People of Gujarat wanted “a real alternative” and “not a B team” of the BJP. Raul Gandhi stressed that the party must throw out all those Congress functionaries who were maintaining links with the BJP clandestinely. “Let these people work for the BJP openly. I am sure even the BJP will not accept them,” Gandhi said.
