Jaipal withdraws ‘stupid’ remarks
Union minister withdraws remark of calling the Seemandhra leaders as stupids.
By : DC Correspondent
Update: 2014-01-14 09:00 GMT
Hyderabad: Union minister S. Jaipal Reddy has withdrawn his remark of calling the Seemandhra leaders as stupids. In a statement released in Delhi on Monday, Jaipal Reddy said he has used the word to express his disgust that the Seemandhra leaders have failed to see the need for separate Telangana. He expressed surprise at what he said in a sarcastic manner has been turned into a proper abuse whish it is not.
Jaipal Reddy made it clear that he had no one in mind nor he targeted anyone with the comment. The Union minister said he used the word stupid keeping in mind that proverb “Panditha putraha parama Shuntaha” only to highlight the qualities possessed by the erstwhile leaders leaders from coastal Andhra.