State Congress chief Revanth Reddy was detained at Telangana Martyrs Memorial yesterday
Hyderabad:
Weeks earlier than Telangana votes, the Congress has hit out at Chief Minister Ok Chandrashekar Rao, claiming that he doesn’t have the heart to face an election with out utilizing money or alcohol to lure voters.
Dramatic scenes performed out at Telangana Martyrs Memorial yesterday, when state Congress chief Revanth Reddy was detained after he dared the Chief Minister to return to the memorial and be part of him in taking a vow that their events will not use money or liquor within the polls.
Mr Reddy threw the problem at KCR, additionally the chief of the ruling Bharat Rashtra Samithi, after its leaders alleged that the Congress was distributing money, liquor and different items amongst voters.
The state Congress chief and his supporters reached the memorial at midday yesterday. As he tried to enter, police took him underneath preventive custody. He was launched shortly after.
In a tweet, Mr Reddy mentioned KCR doesn’t have the heart to hunt votes with out distributing cash or liquor.
Earlier, BRS working president and KCR’s son Ok T Rama Rao and the Chief Minister’s nephew T Harish Rao had alleged that the Karnataka Congress was sponsoring the occasion’s Telangana marketing campaign and sending Rs 1,500 crore to make sure a victory in Telangana.
The allegations and counter allegations come amid large seizures of unaccounted money and liquor forward of the election. In simply eight days for the reason that mannequin code of conduct got here into pressure, restoration value Rs 130 crores have been made. Distinction this to the full restoration of 103 crores within the run-up to the 2018 polls.
Over Rs 71 crore in money, liquor value Rs 7.75 crore, ganja value Rs 4.58 crore, jewelry value over Rs 40 crore and different freebies like laptops, cookers, sarees, stitching machines value Rs 6.29 crore have been recovered thus far, the Election Fee has mentioned.