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Revanth Reddy’s 16 “Harrowing Nights In Jail” Barb Draws KTR Retort

Revanth Reddy’s 16 “Harrowing Nights In Jail” Barb Draws KTR Retort

Hyderabad: The Revanth Reddy vs KT Rama Rao spat – which has included jabs over Telangana hosting the Miss World pageant and the arrest of two women journalists – continued Thursday with the Chief Minister’s comment about “16 harrowing nights in jail” in 2020, for flying a drone, when KTR’s party was in power. Addressing the Assembly this afternoon, the Chief Minister declared he had been “unfairly arrested” and sent to a high-security prison that also housed terrorists. “A cell that was supposed to imprison ISI agents or naxal extremists… I, a Member of Parliament, was forced to spend 16 nights there.” “For 16 days I was kept in solitary confinement… not allowed to see anyone. Even then, I swallowed my anger and continued working for the state’s welfare,” he said, pointing out also the law only prescribed a Rs 500 fine for the misdemeanour with which he had been charged. He claimed his cell had bright lights left on all night and was unsanitary and unhygienic, and declared, “If needed, I can take MLAs and …