Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee (TPCC) president A Revanth Reddy on Sunday, 25 June, accused Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao of surrendering before Prime Minister Narendra Modi to protect his properties.
Revanth Reddy questioned the rationale behind leaving BRS MLC K.Kavitha, daughter of the Chief Minister, unscathed while arresting Aam Aadmi Party leaders though both were accused in the scam.The prime minister was serious about the probe against Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal in connection with the liquor scam, but he seems to be not serious about the allegations levelled against Chandrashekar Rao’s family, he said.
He accused IT minister K.T.Rama Rao of rushing to New Delhi to buy peace with the BJP central leadership in the wake of the income-tax department seizing incriminating evidence during its raids against top BRS leaders.
Revanth Reddy also questioned AIMIM supremo Asaduddin Owaisi’s silence over Union home minister Amit Shah’s threat to scrap Muslim reservation if voted to power in Telangana.“Both Chief Minister K.Chandrasekhar Rao and Owaisi are silent till date on Shah’s announcement.The MIM is supposed to be a party which stands for the rights of minorities,” he said adding that the real intent of the two leaders was to help BJP.
Revanth Reddy was addressing scores of BRS and BJP workers from Rajendranagar and Maheshwaram Assembly segments who joined Congress at his residence.He wondered why not a single BRS leader was arrested despite series of raids by the I-T department and the ED after so many raids on BRS leaders.
In a not-so-veiled message reaching out to BJP leaders like Komatireddy Rajgopal Reddy and Etala Rajendar who met the BJP top brass in Delhi on Sunday, he said, “Their repeated pleas to the BJP will be of no avail as the bond between the BJP and BRS is quite strong.Only the Congress can defeat the BRS.Let us come together and fight the BRS in the State and rid the state of the scourge of KCR.The state has come to the stage of selling even roads.”
Meanwhile, Revanth Reddy will meet Congress leader Rahul Gandhi in New Delhi to discuss two suspended BRS leaders, Ponguleti Srinivas Reddy and Jupally Krishna Rao, joining the grand old party.Both Srinivas Reddy and Krishna Rao will meet Rahul Gandhi on 26 June in the presence of Revanth Reddy.
