Published Mar 09, 2023 | 11:03 PM ⚊ Updated Mar 09, 2023 | 11:03 PM
Union Tourism Minister G Kishan Reddy. (Supplied)
Taking exception to BRS leaders’ attacks on the BJP-led NDA government over the summons issued by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) to party MLC K Kavitha, Union Tourism Minister G Kishan Reddy on Thursday, 9 March, asked how the Narendra Modi government could be blamed if an investigation was carried out into the allegations.
The ED issued summons to Kavitha in connection with a money laundering case linked to alleged irregularities in the Delhi excise policy.
Talking to reporters in Delhi, Reddy said that the “Kalvakuntla family” — a reference to the family of Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao — started a “new drama” in the name of a hunger strike in support of the Women’s Reservation Bill to divert people’s attention from the allegations against Kavitha in the case.
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— G Kishan Reddy (Modi Ka Parivar) (@kishanreddybjp) March 9, 2023
“The Kalvakuntla family is behaving like ‘ulta chor kotwal ko daante’ (the pot calling the kettle black),” he said.
How can Prime Minister Modi be blamed if an investigation is conducted into the allegations, Reddy asked the BRS.
Kavitha is scheduled to undertake a one-day hunger strike in Delhi on Friday, seeking passage of the Women’s Reservation Bill.
Top BRS leader KT Rama Rao launched a scathing attack on Modi and the BJP-led Centre today, accusing it of crony capitalism and “misusing” agencies such as the Enforcement Directorate to harass Opposition leaders.
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BRS Working President, Minister Sri @KTRBRS addressing the media from Telangana Bhavan. https://t.co/tkTsjuervf
— BRS Party (@BRSparty) March 9, 2023
KTR, who alleged that the central agencies have become puppets in the hands of the Modi government, claimed that several BRS leaders have been targetted by the Central government.
The summons issued by the ED to his sister and BRS MLC Kavitha in connection with a money laundering case linked to alleged irregularities in the Delhi excise policy was “not ED summons but Modi summons”, said KTR, son of K Chandrashekar Rao.
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