Lionel Messi’s Hyderabad stop during his GOAT India tour has sparked a political storm in Telangana. Social media users criticised Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy after videos showed him pushing away a teenager seeking a selfie with Messi, while allowing his family members and children of Congress leaders to interact with the football legend.

Hyderabad: Football fans in Telangana were certainly happy to get a glimpse of Lionel Messi as part of his GOAT India tour , but did the Congress government spend a huge amount, said to be around Rs 100 crore, to bring the football icon to Hyderabad for the benefit of football fans and sports tourism, or merely for Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy and his family members to pose for photographs and fool around with the global star? Social media

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