Stop diversion politics, KTR tells Revanth after KCR’s SIT questioning

BRS working president KT Rama Rao accused the Congress government in Telangana of using diversionary tactics through the SIT’s phone-tapping probe against former Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao.

Hyderabad: BRS working president KT Rama Rao asked the Congress government to stop diversion politics and start focusing on delivering its electoral promises.

Calling the questioning of BRS president and former Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao by the Special Investigation Team (SIT) in the alleged phone-tapping case an attempt to divert people’s attention from the government’s failure, he said this was to disrupt the BRS’s attention from the ongoing municipal elections.

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“The two-year Congress rule in Telangana can be summed up in three words – ‘diversion, subversion and perversion.’ The Congress government is using the SIT probe to mask its failures, divert people’s attention from unfulfilled promises and rising public dissatisfaction, ahead of municipal elections,” he said.

Addressing the media along with senior party leaders at Nandi Nagar on Sunday night, Rama Rao contended that the SIT did not follow due legal procedure, citing provisions under the BNSS, where senior citizens must be questioned at their residence. However, Chandrashekhar Rao cooperated fully with the officials out of respect for the Constitution and the rule of law.

“He could have abstained from questioning and approached the courts for rejecting his request. But he had voluntarily appeared and answered all questions from the SIT,” he added, hoping that after this examination, the SIT authorities would have come to a conclusion that there was no wrongdoing during the BRS regime.

The BRS working president said the Congress government was fuelling rumours and encouraging selective leaks over the past two years to malign Chandrashekhar Rao and the previous BRS government.

Urging restraint, he appealed to the media not to rely on unofficial briefings. “If there is evidence, let it come through official channels,” he said, arguing that unverified leaks reflected the weakness of the case.

He also questioned the independence of the SIT, asking whether it was operating autonomously or under political influence. He felt that more information was coming from the TPCC office in Gandhi Bhavan rather than the officials.

Reiterating Chandrashekhar Rao’s stature as a two-time Chief Minister and leader of the Telangana statehood movement, Rama Rao said people were closely watching repeated attempts to target him. Calling the phone-tapping case frivolous, he said the BRS would continue to cooperate with investigators if required.

He criticised the government’s handling of law and order, pointing to a decline in law and order with early morning robberies in Hyderabad. He said the administration appeared more focused on political opponents than public governance.

Responding to TPCC president Mahesh Kumar Goud’s remarks questioning the protests over the SIT notices, he said the Congress was practising double standards, pointing out the Congress protests when central agencies summoned Rahul Gandhi and Sonia Gandhi. Asserting that BRS’s protests were democratic and peaceful, he thanked party activists for mobilising across the State.

Rama Rao stated that the timing of SIT examination coincided with the Union Budget on Sunday, as a distraction from Telangana’s continued neglect in central allocations. Despite representation from both Congress and BJP MPs, the State had not secured adequate support, he added.

“Every other week, the Chief Minister frequents to Delhi without any tangible benefits to the State. This is misuse of public funds,” he affirmed.

The former Minister pointed out that the Congress government had spent the last two years with one probe or the other including the Kaleshwaram project, the Formula-E case and the phone-tapping case, without any evidence. He urged the government to stop diversionary politics and focus on development and welfare.

“You have only two more budgets to present effectively. Instead of wasting time on these frivolous cases, focus on delivering your promises,” he said.

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