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‘Better if you join me’: PM Modi jokes with CM Revanth Reddy at Hyderabad event

The Indian Express·Nikhila Henry·23 days ago
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In his speech held at HICC in Hyderabad, he said that Telangana greatly benefited from central government projects and that the state would develop along with the country. (DPR PMO/ANI Photo) During Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s speech in Hyderabad as he inaugurated six development projects worth Rs 9,400 crore, he turned to Telangana Chief Minister and Congress leader A Revanth Reddy and joked that it would be “better if you join me”. “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. That’s why, it is better you join with me,” PM Modi said with a smile, referring to a request made by Reddy in the latter’s speech earlier that the Modi government should support Telangana like the Manmohan Singh government supported Gujarat.…

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