BJP Leaders Demand Special Security For Bandi Sanjay

The BJP leaders in Telangana today demanded that the state government provide Y-category special security to state party president Bandi Sanjay Kumar for the duration of his ongoing tour of various districts.

The party's leaders, including former Minister G Vijaya Rama Rao, former MP S Ravindra Naik and former MLA K Srisailam Goud, wrote a letter to Telangana DGP M Mahender Reddy, and urged him to take the necessary steps for the provision of extra security to Kumar.

In their letter, the leaders reportedly claimed that Kumar had attracted the ire of several "groups with vested interests" for his aggressive "pro-BJP" campaigning, and that some of these groups had been planning attacks on him during his tour.

They then cited a string of examples of such attacks.

"While campaigning for the GHMC elections held last year, the MP had been attacked by a mob at Necklace Road in Hyderabad. Similarly, during the RTC employees' strike, when Mr Kumar tried to visit his constituency, Karimnagar, following the suicide of an employee, a mob tried to block the path of his convoy. Most recently, however, when he was travelling from Kodad to Hyderabad, a group of miscreants attacked his convoy with sticks and rods. Fortunately, the vehicle carrying Mr Kumar had by then been diverted onto a different route. We urge you to take cognisance of this latest attack and apprehend those responsible for the same," the leaders said.

Highlighting the urgent nature of their demand, they added, "From all this, it is evident that there is an urgent need to provide added security to Mr Kumar. We earnestly hope that you will consider our appeal and do the needful."

Apart from writing to the DGP, the BJP leaders have also lodged a formal complaint with him against the attempted attacks being made on Kumar.

The firebrand BJP head has been caught in many a controversy for his oftentimes problematic statements, and it may be those disgruntled by the same that have been targeting him.