Srinivas Goud welcomes High Court order

A petition was filed against him alleging that he had submitted a false affidavit in the 2018 elections and that his election should be invalidated.

Hyderabad: Tourism Minister V Srinivas Goud welcomed the High Court order dismissing a petition filed against him alleging that he had submitted a false affidavit in the 2018 elections and that his election should be invalidated.

“The judgment revealed that justice and righteousness will always prevail,” the Minister said in a statement here on Tuesday. The Minister hails from a BC community and represents Mahabubnagar constituency. He stated that the petition was filed by a BC leader against him as part of a conspiracy hatched by two prominent party leaders, who feared that their existence was being lost in the constituency.

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“Leaders should win the hearts of people and then win the elections. It is unfortunate that a few people are filing false cases and trying to win the elections” Srinivas Goud said, adding that false cases and baseless allegations would not stand long.