Telangana Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy on Sunday alleged that the earlier BRS regime blackmailed businessmen and extorted a whole bunch of crores of rupees by means of phone-tapping.

Whereas addressing a public assembly at Chelpur in Jayashankar Bhupalpally district forward of the February 11 municipal elections, the CM dubbed the Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) the “Blackmail Rajakeeya (Political) Samiti”.

“They engaged in phone tapping and didn’t spare opposition leaders, excessive courtroom judges, and even journalists. They eavesdropped on non-public conversations between husbands and wives, listened in on movie stars, and even blackmailed businessmen. Is there something extra atrocious on earth? Is there a better sinner than them?” Reddy alleged.

He famous that Telangana BJP MP Konda Vishweshwar Reddy had alleged his telephone was tapped.

The CM quoted MP saying that telephones had been tapped, land patrons had been blackmailed, and crores of rupees had been collected by means of electoral bonds.

“I need to say formally that the BRS, which extorted crores of rupees by means of phone tapping, ought to be known as the Blackmail Rajakeeya Samiti,” he claimed.

The Telangana CM additionally claimed that the BRS used telephone tapping to gather Rs 1,500 crore in electoral bonds.

“Whose cash is that this? Is it not true that hundreds of crores in property and a whole bunch of acres of land had been purchased cheaply and brought by threatening businessmen?” Reddy requested.

He additionally questioned why Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Minister G Kishan Reddy had not put them behind bars.

He stated the sins dedicated wouldn’t go unpunished and that the BRS can be “buried beneath the load of those sins”.

Reddy additional claimed that the BRS facilitated the BJP’s victory in eight Lok Sabha seats in 2024 solely to evade these circumstances.

“Now the BRS is doing the identical to make sure the BJP’s victory within the municipal elections,” he stated, including, “The BJP and BRS are two sides of the identical coin. They’re immediately and not directly attempting to defeat the Congress, and Congress staff ought to be cautious of this.”

Earlier, talking at Nizamabad on February 7, he described the BRS and BJP as “conjoined twins, like Veena and Vani.”

Veena and Vani are well-known in Telangana and Andhra Pradesh, and a number of other previous makes an attempt to separate them surgically had been unsuccessful.

The phone-tapping case entails allegations of widespread unauthorised and unlawful telephone surveillance and interception affecting politicians, businessmen, journalists, members of the judiciary, and different outstanding people throughout the earlier BRS authorities.

BRS President and former Chief Minister Ok Chandrasekhar Rao (KCR) was not too long ago questioned by the Telangana Police SIT in reference to the alleged phone-tapping case.

Reddy strongly objected to what he known as the “false propaganda” by the BRS concerning the reorganisation of districts, together with claims that Bhupalpally district can be abolished.

He clarified that the federal government shouldn’t be contemplating abolishing any district or creating a brand new one.

He added that if any such proposal arises sooner or later, it is going to be completely mentioned within the Meeting earlier than a choice is taken.

The CM additionally attacked the Central authorities for not ordering a CBI probe into alleged corruption within the Kaleshwaram challenge and the Method-E race case.

He criticised the Centre for registering ED circumstances in opposition to Congress leaders Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi.

“Who’s stopping the Centre from ordering a CBI probe into the Kaleshwaram rip-off? Is Kishan Reddy not defending Ok T Rama Rao within the Method-E race case?” he requested, alleging that Kishan Reddy is shielding BRS leaders KCR, Ok T Rama Rao, and Harish Rao by means of a powerful private bond.

“Kishan Reddy rechristened himself as Kishan Rao and have become the adopted son of KCR,” he claimed.

Interesting to voters to help Congress within the municipal elections, Reddy stated KCR served as chief minister for 10 years, whereas Modi has been the prime minister since 2014.

“In case you vote for Congress, your issues will probably be solved. KCR won’t launch funds, as he’s already resting at his farmhouse. Modi has by no means visited Bhupalpally,” he added.

Reddy additionally acknowledged that the state authorities has sanctioned Rs 17,442 crore for municipalities and firms in Telangana.

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