Addressing the media, KTR had said, "Despite having Pragathi Bhavan for official work, CM Revanth Reddy constructed another palace in Jubilee Hills and called it Bodhi Bhavan. "I don't understand what it means when former BRS minister KT Rama Rao repeatedly calls the Chief Minister a criminal. You are insulting the Chief Minister, insulting Buddha, and insulting Harijans," Rao told ANI. The controversy stems from Telangana Chief Minister Revanth Reddy's comment on the employability of engineering graduates, which sparked a political row. The Chief Minister had said, "You give a plain paper to them (engineering graduates) and tell them to write a job application.