Why is Congress protecting the BRS leaders: Bandi Sanjay

Union Minister of State for Home Affairs Bandi Sanjay Kumar alleged that the Congress government was protecting the Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) and siding with the BRS rulers involved in the loot of crores of rupees of public money in the name of Kaleshwaram project, phone tapping and Formula-E cases.

“It is a reflection of the Congress government’s incompetence,” he said while speaking to the media in Venkatraopeta village in Medipalli mandal after laying foundation stones for various development works funded by the Central government in Jagtial district on Monday.

Taking a dig at the BRS for its threatening tone against the media organisation, Mr. Sanjay alleged that a group of BRS leaders attacked a private Telugu news channel office over a week ago. Now, after a Telugu newspaper published an editorial against them, the BRS leaders were preparing to attack the newspaper and the channel run by the same management, he claimed citing intelligence inputs.

“If the BRS goons who attacked the TV office had been arrested and dealt with strictly, today’s situation wouldn’t have arisen,” he said. He said the BJP was fully ready to protect democracy and stand by the media. “Lakhs of our party workers across Telangana will stand in support.”

The Minister also alleged that the Hyderabad Disaster Response and Asset Protection Agency (HYDRAA) was demolishing the houses of the poor in the name of encroachments, but giving exemptions to Owaisi’s college building in the lakebed in the old city of Hyderabad.

Mr. Sanjay asked, “The HYDRAA authorities claim they cannot demolish illegal constructions in Akbaruddin’s college because 10,000 students are studying there. But why did they demolish small houses and huts built by poor people in the Musi River catchment areas, who have no source of livelihood or shelter?” The State government owes an explanation over this matter, he said.