Bharat Rashtra Samiti (BRS) working president KT Rama Rao (KTR) on Friday launched a scathing attack on Chief Minister Revanth Reddy, accusing him of tapping phones of his own Cabinet colleagues. During an address in Khammam, KTR dared the Chief Minister to come clean on the allegations.
“I directly ask Revanth Reddy — if you are truly a man, speak the truth. Aren’t you tapping the phones of Deputy Chief Minister Bhatti Vikramarka, Revenue Minister Ponguleti Srinivasa Reddy, and Irrigation Minister Uttam Kumar Reddy, fearing they might snatch your seat?” KTR said, amping up the rhetoric.
“Will you swear to your grandson that you are not tapping their phones? I challenge you to take a lie detector test. If you have the courage, prove it,” KTR dared Reddy.
The explosive allegations come as the Congress faces growing pressure over its handling of high-profile cases, including the ongoing phone-tapping probe and the controversial Hyderabad drug syndicate links.
Firing a rebuttal, Congress MLC Balmoori Venkat didn’t mince any words. “BRS Government means phone tapping. Phone tapping means KCR and KTR. Let KTR undergo a lie detector test to prove they didn’t tap the phones of Judicials, journalists, or celebrities,” he claimed.
Taking aim at KTR, Venkat claimed, “Several people caught in previous drug cases had close links with KTR. After our government came to power, an individual associated with tourism events — known to be close to KTR — was arrested at a rave party”.
The MLC further said that Congress leaders had publicly challenged KTR to undergo a drug test. “We are ready to give our samples anywhere. But why is KTR silent? Why didn’t he give his samples?”
Meanwhile, Telangana BJP president Ramchander Rao dismissed the slugfest between Congress and BRS as mere theatrics.
“This is shadow-boxing. Both parties are shielding each other. The investigation is going nowhere. That’s why BJP is demanding a CBI probe. Congress is clearly trying to protect certain individuals,” Rao said.
With both Congress and BRS throwing punches and BJP calling it a cover-up, Telangana’s political battlefield just got bloodier — and the war of words, nastier.
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