Bandi Sanjay demands release of arrested sarpanches

Sanjay said the Congress during poll campaigning had promised to clear all the pending bills of the sarpanches, but even after eleven months it failed to do so.

Hyderabad: Condemning the arrest of former sarpanches, who were demanding that the State government clear their long-pending bills, Union Minister of State for Home Bandi Sanjay demanded the government to immediately release all the arrested sarpanches.

Speaking to the media here on Monday, Sanjay said the Congress during poll campaigning had promised to clear all the pending bills of the sarpanches, but even after eleven months it failed to do so. The Congress instead of addressing their issues was trying to harass them by not releasing the pending bill amounts, he said.

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“Congress has cheated sarpanches by not honouring the promises made to them. The sarpanches were going to the CM’s residence to just hand over a memorandum. Is there any need to arrest them? I demand the government to immediately release them,”he said.

Coming down heavily on Congress party, the former BJP State unit chief alleged that within a span of few months anti-Congress winds had started blowing in the State, as the party failed to fulfil poll promises.