He also cited in a letter handed over to the SIT by his legal team that he had to attend the ongoing Parliament session in New Delhi.
Bandi Sanjay is in Delhi to meet with the BJP high command. (Twitter)
Telangana BJP president Bandi Sanjay Kumar on Sunday, 26 March, skipped appearing before the Special Investigation Team (SIT) for the second time, in connection with the Telangana State Public Service Commission (TSPSC) question paper leak case claiming he had to attend the ongoing Parliament session in New Delhi.
However, on behalf of Sanjay, the party’s legal team appeared before the SIT.
In a letter to the SIT special officer, Sanjay said, “Despite the categorical assertion that I made in my earlier communication to you that I have no trust in the SIT that has been constituted by the state government and that I have been busy with the ongoing Parliament session, you preferred to repeat the notice.”
He continued: “I have no qualms with your refusal to understand the valid reasons for my inability to appear before you on a date decided by you, as I can surmise your compulsions.”
He said that the news of the TSPSC paper leak, especially the Group-I paper, shocked the collective conscience of the state.
“A responsible minister in the state Cabinet had said that there were only two people. As head of the SIT, you know the number of people involved so far is huge. This has been our hunch that, right from day one, there has been a concerted effort to underplay the scam and deflect the attention to which the statement of ‘just two people’ was a subterfuge,” he said in the letter.
“Politics aside, I appeal to you to invoke your personal conscience to assess the anguish that the scam has caused to the millions of unemployed youth who are emotionally disturbed today and have been reeling under insurmountable agony,” he added.
“Under these circumstances, when I came to know through a few independent sources that a large number of people unduly qualified in a certain village, I put it in the public domain so that, as an SIT, you would investigate the matter to find out the veracity of the information,” Sanjay said.
“Since I am a public representative and the president of the Telangana BJP, I get information from many sources and in situations such as these it becomes incumbent on my part to put it in the public domain. Instead of pursuing the matter, you chose to serve notice on me and expect me to appear before you,” he said.
“In view of the ongoing parliament session, I will not be able to appear before you on 26 March,” he added.
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