Kavitha Slams Centre For Harassing TRS With Investigation Agencies

TRS MLC Kalvakuntla Kavitha, the daughter of Telangana CM K Chandrashekar Rao, today lashed out at the BJP government at the Centre for "harassing" the TRS leaders with investigation agencies.

Addressing the party cadre meeting at Nagireddypeta of Yellareddy constituency in Kamareddy district on Wednesday, Kavitha said that the union government was targeting TRS ministers, MLAs and leaders through Enforcement Directorate and Income Tax raids for the last one month.

TRS leaders who had a mass appeal, especially popular ministers and Member of Parliament, were being harassed by the BJP, Kavitha said.

"The only policy that the BJP preaches is Ram-Naam Japna, Paraya Leader Apna, where if the party fails in its horse trading attempts, it uses central agencies to harass the leaders of opposition parties. Since the BJP does not have any organisational strength in Telangana, the union government is misusing its power and money to threaten the leaders of other parties to join them," Kavitha alleged.

She also accused the BJP of reducing the beneficiaries of the PM Kisan Nidhi, that was copied from the TRS government's Rythu Bandhu scheme in the first place.

"When the scheme was introduced, there were nearly 13 crore beneficiaries, and now the number has come down to 3 crore, indicating the BJP's plans," she said.

The MLC also asked why the BJP was approaching the court repeatedly with petitions to stall the investigation into the MLA poaching case, and why its leaders were not appearing before the Special Investigation Team (SIT) if they had nothing to fear.