A day after Prime Minister Narendra Modi jokingly asked Telangana Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy to “join” him, the latter has said that there was no hint of “politics” in the exchange. “This was not a political invitation, but one which went beyond politics. We were both speaking about the development of the country and Telangana… As the Prime Minister of the country, PM Modi asked me, in my capacity as Chief Minister of Telangana, to join him in development work. Any other interpretation is not warranted,” CM Reddy said, while interacting with media persons in Hyderabad on Monday afternoon. On Sunday, during an event attended by both leaders in Hyderabad, Modi addressed Reddy during his speech and said with a smile, “Whatever the central government (under former prime minister Manmohan Singh) gave Gujarat in 10 years (when Modi was Gujarat CM), I am also ready to give you… But the state will then be left with half of what it is securing from the Centre now, and you will not be able to achieve your goals.…