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Speaking about the trajectory of his political career, Telangana Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy said that he completed his ‘schooling’ in BJP, ‘college’ in Telugu Desam Party (TDP) and is now working for Congress leader Rahul Gandhi.
CM Revanth was with the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) in his student days. He was an MLA from the TDP before joining the Congress in 2017.
Speaking at a public event on Sunday, June 8, CM Revanth recalled his recent conversation with Prime Minister Narendra Modi during a NITI Aayog meeting in the presence of Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister and Telugu Desam Party (TDP) President, N Chandrababu Naidu.
"The Prime Minister, while pointing towards Chandrababu Naidu, said that your friend is here. I told him, ‘I studied in your school and his college, and am now working for Rahul Gandhi’," he said.
The Chief Minister was speaking at an event where Haryana Governor Bandaru Dattatreya's autobiography ‘Prajala Kathe Naa Aatmakatha’a (The People's Story is My Autobiography) was released.
The Telangana Chief Minister showered praise on Governor Dattatreya, calling him a role model for future leaders.
The Chief Minister recollected his personal relations with the Haryana Governor and his close observation of the senior leader's political journey.
Former President Ram Nath Kovind, former Vice-President M Venkaiah Naidu, Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu, Governor S Abdul Nazeer, Telangana Governor Jishnu Dev Varma, Union Minister G Kishan Reddy, and Ministers from Andhra Pradesh and Telangana, among others, addressed the event.