TRS Cooking Up Stories Against Us Fearing Defeat In Munugodu: BJP

BJP national general secretary Tarun Chugh, who is also in charge of the party's Telangana unit, strongly hit back at the allegations that the party had attempted to woo four TRS MLAs at a farmhouse in Moinabad, Hyderabad, and said that the TRS was planting cock-and-bull stories to malign the BJP and divert the attention of people from the core issues which would determine the result of the Munugodu by-election.

He said that the entire episode had been stage-managed by the Chief Minister, and was symptomatic of his utter frustration.

Chugh added that the State police were complicit in the "conspiracy", and demanded an inquiry by the Election Commission into the entire episode.

The BJP leader asked why the MLAs in question had not been taken to the police station for the recording of their statements, and what the conditions were that warranted the presence of an ADG rank police officer at the alleged scene of offence.

"Where is the money seized? Who are these middlemen? Who from the BJP gave them the mandate to negotiate with TRS MLAs?" Chugh also asked.

"It is evident from the sequence of events that the whole event was masterminded by the ruling party to influence the voters in the upcoming Munugodu by-election," he added.