New Delhi: Union Minister for coal and mines, G Kishan Reddy, has shared a Facebook post of singer Mittapally Surender, who praised PM Modi’s gesture about touching a Daapu player, who comes from the Dalit community.
G Kishan Reddy, who is also Telangana BJP president, termed Mittapally’s post ‘poignant’. The Union Minister said the singer’s post defines the characteristic of PM Modi while unmasking the hypocrisy of a few political leaders.
A poignant post: Kishan Reddy
Reddy was referring to political leaders who used Daapu artist for their padyatras and other celebratory events but did not go near them or touch them as they come from the Scheduled Caste (SC) community.
“This post of my brother Mittapally Surender is indeed poignant. The post defines the very characteristic of Modi ji while unmasking the hypocrisy of a few political leaders,” Kishan Reddy said while sharing the post.
This post of my brother Mittapally Surender is indeed poignant. The post defines the very characteristic of Modi ji while unmasking the hypocrisy of a few political leaders.
Here’s the true translation:
“What a spectacular scene is this! I am not saying this because Modi… pic.twitter.com/Acfs6PiY47
— G Kishan Reddy (@kishanreddybjp) January 15, 2025
‘Very people as untouchables’
The Minister also shared a translated version of Mittapally Surender’s post which said, “What a spectacular scene is this! I am not saying this because Modi touched these hands with his forehead. I am asking all those leaders who treated these very people as untouchables, made them live on the outskirts of the villages for generations, yet they stood before their huts to ask them to play the daapu for their Padayatras, for their victory processions. Did you (the leaders) ever consider them humans? Think for yourselves.”
‘Modi Ji, please come to Telangana’
Mittapally translated post further added, “This scene (the image of Modiji having the hands of the Dappu artist on his forehead) has indeed moved my heart. Modi Ji, please come to Telangana; we will turn our hearts into dappulu and play on them for you.”
Dappu is a traditional musical instrument that is usually played by people belonging to Dalit community in Telangana.
