Union minister and BJP Telangana president G Kishan Reddy on Saturday said that within three days of coming to power, it had become clear that the Congress and the MIM were one and the same.
He alleged that the appointment of MIM MLA Akbaruddin Owaisi as Protem Speaker was a deal between the Congress and the Majlis.
Speaking to mediapersons at the BJP State office on the issue, he said, "There is a tradition of appointing a senior MLA as the Protem Speaker. But the Congress made the MIM MLA Akbaruddin Owaisi the Protem Speaker as per an agreement with that party. The Congress does not have an absolute majority in the assembly. The Protem Speaker's post was given to the MIM as the Congress needed the support of the Majlis to ensure that its government does not collapse. The BJP is condemning the decision of the State government," he said.
Reddy alleged that just three days into power, the Congress was again adopting its old policies of friendship with the Majlis party. "We have said many times in the past that the Congress and the Majlis are one and the same. But the Congress leaders alleged that the MIM and the BJP were the same. Now the real colour of the Congress has come out. The BJP MLAs will take oath only after the regular Speaker speaks charge. We will lodge a complaint with the Governor against the Congress for violating the rules of the Assembly and giving making an MIM MLA the Protem Speaker," he added.