Hyderabad: Telangana BJP chief Bandi Sanjay Friday took an oath on the state’s Yadadri temple, stressing that his celebration was not concerned within the alleged poaching of 4 Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) MLAs.
He additionally challenged Chief Minister Ok. Chandrashekhar Rao to do the identical and show that he had not scripted the MLA poaching controversy. The BJP chief additionally challenged CM Rao and the 4 TRS MLAs to bear a lie detector check.
The Cyberabad Police Wednesday arrested three people, together with a priest from Faridabad, a seer from Tirupati and a Hyderabad-based businessman, for allegedly attempting to lure 4 TRS MLAs to affix the BJP.
“The chief minister just isn’t capable of shield his personal MLAs. He is aware of that the Munugode meeting bypoll goes to be a setback for the celebration (TRS) and therefore all of this has been plotted. I got here right here and took an oath. I’m asking Chief Minister KCR, who claims to be a religious Hindu, can he do the identical?” Sanjay mentioned on the temple.
He added, “As they obtained to know that I used to be heading to Yadadri, the police had been knowledgeable about it. TRS goons tried to create hurdles on the way in which. And but, I’m right here. The chief minister renovated this whole Yadadri temple with an enormous funds and mentioned it is extremely prestigious for our state. So why not come to this divine spot and take an oath.”
The arrests had been made late at evening Wednesday from a farmhouse of one of many TRS legislators, Pilot Rohith Reddy. Reddy had given a tip-off to the police to reach on the location. The accused had been launched Thursday after an ACB (anti-corruption bureau) courtroom decide rejected the remand request, citing lack of proof.
Political slugfest
Quickly after the arrests, each events accused one another of hatching an issue, and calling the arrests “staged”. Sanjay had earlier known as it an “totally faux drama” and an try and taint the picture of Hindu Dharma by dragging seers and clergymen into the difficulty.
In the meantime, reacting to Sanjay’s temple go to, many TRS leaders additionally puzzled if Union Dwelling Minister Amit Shah will come and take an oath on the temple to show BJP’s innocence.
“Solely BJP can drag faith and god into such points. If BJP is so assured about them being harmless, why not name Shah and ask him to take an oath? They’re calling CM KCR to the temple to take oath. Why didn’t Shah come first?” Telangana Minister Errabelli Dayakar Rao mentioned.
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