BRS Playing Dramas To Divert Attention From Kavitha's Crimes: BJP

BJP state in-charge and the party's national general secretary Tarun Chugh today came down heavily on the ruling BRS and alleged that the party had unfolded theatrics in the national capital to deflect the attention of the people from the core issue of its MLC K Kavitha's involvement in the sensational liquor scam in active connivance with the ruling Aam Aadmi Party.

Chugh pointed out that the ED had summoned the sitting MLC for questioning after following due process of law and obtaining conclusive evidence.

"Mr. Arun Pillai, one of the accused in the scam, already made a deposition stating that he was actually a benami of Ms Kavitha and had acted at her behest. The charge-sheets of the CBI and the ED have a detailed narration of the role of Kavitha, how the South Group played an important role in the whole scam, and how Rs 100 crore were given to AAP through the hawala route," he said.

He said that the ED summoned Kavitha to get details of the proceeds of the illicit transaction, and that instead of answering the questions, the BRS had chosen to take recourse to intimidation by calling the statutory agencies, names.

Chugh added that the "drama" that Kavitha had enacted on Friday in New Delhi in the form of a protest program for the Women's Reservation Bill was a farce. "It is ironic that a party that is inherently misogynist, talks about women's reservations. The first cabinet of Telangana didn't have a single woman minister. Even in its second stint, the TRS has just two women ministers. If Ms Kavitha is genuine in her demand, she must ensure a 33% reservation in her father's cabinet," he demanded, and said that the protest program was held only to divert the attention of the people from the liquor scam.

Chugh also expressed his surprise over the silence of the CM on the whole matter. "Neither Ms Kavitha nor her family have answers to simple questions about whether or not she was part of the South Group. Did she take part in the deliberations to decide the liquor policy? Did they or did they not have meetings in ITC Kohenoor, Hyderabad, and Hotel Oberoi, New Delhi? And was her share in the entire scheme was fixed at 33% or was it not?" he asked.