Talasani Srinivas Yadav tenders apology for unintentionally pushing BRS worker

HYDERABAD: Animal Husbandry Minister Talasani Srinivas Yadav tendered a public apology to Bhainsa agriculture market committee chairman Rajesh Kumar Babu on Friday. The Minister allegedly pushed aside Rajesh Kumar Babu during the inauguration of the steel bridge at Indira Park on August 19, 2023.

The viral video showed the Minister catching Rajesh Babu’s collar and pushing him aside. The incident raked up tensions with tribals all over the State particularly from Rajesh Kumar Babu’s native district Adilabad. STs burned effigies of the Minister and demanded an unconditional apology for manhandling a tribal.

As the incident slowly started taking a political turn, the Minister personally called the market committee chairman over the phone and apologised. He also released a video to the media explaining the reason why he was enraged and slapped Rajesh.

“There was a huge crowd that day, and Rajesh suddenly came in front of me. He stepped on my toe and I was really hurt. I was so hurt that my toe started bleeding. I just pushed him aside. The same incident has been repeatedly shown in the social media,” the Minister said. The Minister said that he came to know that the person he pushed aside was the AMC chairman and from Bhainsa, only after the incident become viral.

“Immediately I called him and offered my apologies,” Srinivas Yadav said adding that he was the voice of weaker sections and always took part in the Sevalal and Komuram Bhim birth celebrations in Telangana. “If I ever hurt the feelings of the STs, I once again offer my heartfelt sorry for my actions,” he said.