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Hyderabad: BRS submits complaint against Bandi to Ambedkar’s statue

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Hyderabad: Telangana Governor Tamilisai Soundararajan denied an appointment to the Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) leaders who were protesting Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Bandi Sanjay Kumar’s recent comments on MLC K Kavitha.
Upon not receiving an appointment with the Governor, the BRS leaders submit the complaint letter to BR Ambedkar Statue and pasted copies of the complaint on the walls of Raj Bhavan.
In the complaint letter to the Governor, BRS leaders called the Governor to take action against the “brazen comments deliberately made by Bandi Sanjay,” by issuing stern warnings.
As the Governor denied an appointment, the BRS women were prevented from entering the Raj Bhavan by the police.
Bandi Sanjay, while addressing a rally on Saturday said, “Few journalists asked me if Kavitha would be arrested. If or not arrested should Kavitha be kissed!”
His comments did not go down well with Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) cadres who protested and burnt effigies in the national capital.
In response, Bandi Sanjay’s office said the statement used by the BJP leader is a common phrase used in the Telugu language which means if someone does a crime, would you appreciate or punish?
State Women’s Commission chairperson Sunitha Laxma Reddy in a statement issued on Saturday described Bandi’s comments as derogatory and highly objectionable.

Three cases have been registered against Bandi Sanjay for allegedly using defamatory and derogatory comments against Kavitha at the Saroornagar, LB Nagar and Chaitanyapuri police stations under the Rachakonda police limits.
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( With inputs from www.siasat.com )

March 12, 2023
BRS will contest 175 Assembly, 25 parliament seats: Thota

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Hyderabad: Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) Andhra Pradesh president Thota Chandrasekhar on Saturday said that the party would be contesting from all the 175 Assembly and 25 parliament seats in the upcoming elections.
Chandrashekar said that BRS will be taking on Yuvajana Sramika Rythu Congress Party (YSRCP) in the polls as the party was receiving an overwhelming response from the people of Andhra.
“Congress party and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) do not have any presence in Andhra Pradesh and the people are fed up with YSRCP and TDP. Both parties are steeped in corruption. BRS has a chance to fill the gap,” he said.
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( With inputs from www.siasat.com )

March 12, 2023
Congress takes credit for pushing CBI to probe BRS’ Kavitha

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Hyderabad: The Congress Party on Saturday took the credit for ‘pushing’ the Central Bureau of Investigation to probe BRS MLC Kavitha’s house by raising concerns about the Delhi Liquour policy case.
Congress spokesperson Pawan Khera also questioned the sources of funding that the BRS has in order to transition from a regional party to a national party. “Where is the funding for the BRS’s transition from local TRS to national coming from?” Khera questioned.
Khera alleged that the BRS is looting the money of common people and is using that wealth for its growth.
On Kavitha’s hunger strike for the Women’s reservation bill, Khera asked if the MLC ‘suddenly’ remembered the cause after all these years. “Once I got down at Shamshabad, I saw the BRS posters. Only Kavitha’s face is visible as if she is the only woman in the BRS. As an ex-MP, how many times did she speak of Women’s rights in the Parliament?” he asked.
K. Kavitha on Saturday joined the Enforcement Directorate’s (ED) probe in connection with the Delhi Excise Policy scam case.
She reached the ED office at around 11.05 a.m., and her statement will be recorded under section 50 of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act.
A woman deputy director level official will record her testimony.
Kavitha, the daughter of Telangana Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao, was summoned to join the probe on Thursday, but she wrote a letter seeking more time after which her questioning was postponed for Saturday.

On Friday, she staged a protest at Jantar Mantar and claimed that she had never met former Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia, adding that her name was unnecessaryily being dragged into the matter.
According to the ED, Kavitha is also one of the representatives of South Group which allegedly paid a kickback of Rs 100 crore to AAP leaders.
The BRS leader might be confronted with the Hyderabad-based businessman Arun Pillai who was arrested on Friday as the latter is also from the South Group.
“The South Group was represented by Abhishek Boinpally, Arun Pillai and Buchi Babu. Boinpalli facilitated the transfer of Rs 100 crore kickback in connivance and conspiracy with Nair and his associate Dinesh Arora. Now we will have to confront Pillai with Kavitha,” an ED source had said.
Sisodia is currently on ED’s remand.
There are possibilities that Kavitha might be confronted with Sisodia in connection with the alleged kickback.
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( With inputs from www.siasat.com )

March 11, 2023
Telangana: BRS Sarpanch accuses MLA of sexual harassment

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Hanmakonda: As Bharat Rashtra Samithi MLC K Kavitha launched a hunger strike demanding the introduction of the Women Reservation Bill in the current Budget session of Parliament, a women BRS Sarpanch alleged “intimidation and sexual harassment” by a party MLA and sought urgent intervention from the Chief Minister K CR.
Kurusapally Navya Praveen, a Woman sarpanch, of Jankipuram village, Dharmasagar mandal, Hanamkonda district explained her ordeal at a press conference on Friday.
“A BRS MLA called me. and directed me to fall into line. Otherwise, we will not cooperate. There is also a woman involved in this. It is not my culture to defame a woman and thus I cannot reveal her name,” Praveen told the media.
She recalled that the concerned MLA told them that husbands or any other men should not be present while meeting him.
“While clicking photos, he said, that we should stand very close,” Sarpanch alleged.
“During an event, I was standing a little far. He insulted me in front of everyone asking if I was some statue. He also said why I joined politics. I went away and cried,” Praveen claimed.
“I request CM KCR and KTR not to give tickets to MLA Rajaiah in the coming elections. If he gets a ticket, there will be more atrocities on women”.
Sarpanch woman appealed to CM KCR to keep a look at the people working in his government.
“I am also seeking protection as I am speaking the truth. We are facing threats from them including an MLA, a woman and another person. They will be responsible if any untoward incident happens with my family,” She said.
“Self-respect of a person is the priority. We should first protect our self-respect. Then next comes politics”, Sarpanch woman said.
BRS Sarpanch, Kurusapally Navya Praveen said, “I want to develop my village.

We have achieved upto 90% of development with the cooperation of the Government. However, a few people are creating troubleand not cooperating. They are talking to the officials and stopping various opportunities coming our way. I request all of them even if you do not cooperate, please do not create trouble for us”.
She recalled that a few sarpanches told her that on the occasion of International Women’s day, only a selected few women were invited and most sarpanches were unaware.
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( With inputs from www.siasat.com )

March 11, 2023
Liquor policy case: Kavitha to appear before ED today, BRS workers gather outside KCR’s residence

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Delhi: As Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) MLC and Telangana chief minister K Chandrashekar Rao’s daughter K Kavitha, is scheduled to appear before the Enforcement Directorate today for questioning in connection to the Delhi liquor policy case, the party workers and supporters have gathered outside the residence of KCR in the national capital.
Earlier on Friday, Kavitha launched a hunger strike at Jantar Mantar in the national capital demanding the introduction of the Women’s Reservation Bill in the current Budget session of Parliament.
Citing her hunger strike scheduled in Delhi on Friday, she asked the probe agency to postpone her questioning till Saturday.
Notably, former Delhi deputy CM Manish Sisodia has been arrested by ED in the same case.
She had arrived in the national capital on March 8, hours after the ED issued a summons for questioning.
BRS leader KT Rama Rao on Friday also arrived at the residence of his father in the national capital.
According to sources, Kavitha will be made to sit face-to-face with Hyderabad-based businessman Arun Ramchandra Pillai, who was arrested in connection with the liquor policy case on Monday night.
The MLC termed the summons as “tactics of intimidation” by the Centre against the Telangana chief minister K Chandrasekhar Rao and the BRS, adding that the party will continue to fight and expose the Centre’s failures and will raise its voice for a brighter and better future for India.
“I would also like the ruling party at the Centre to know that these tactics of intimidation against the fight and voice of our leader, CM KCR, and against the entire BRS party will not deter us. Under the leadership of KCR Garu, we will continue to fight to expose your failures and raise voice for a brighter and better future for India,” Kavitha said in a tweet.

On March 8, the BRS came down heavily on the Centre after the ED summoned Kavitha in connection with its ongoing probe in the Delhi excise policy case, saying that the central probe agencies have become an extended arm of the BJP.
Referring to the summons as “politically motivated”, BRS leader Ravula Sridhar Reddy had said that except ED and BJP, nobody really understands the case registered in connection with the new-withdrawn new Delhi excise policy.
In its investigation, ED has come to know that Pillai is one of the key persons in the entire scam involving payments of huge kickbacks and the formation of the biggest cartel of the South Group.
South Group comprises Telangana MLC Kavitha, Sarath Reddy (promoter of Aurobindo Group), Magunta Srinivasulu Reddy (MP, Ongole), his son Raghav Magunta, and others. The South Group was being represented by Pillai, Abhishek Boinpalli and Butchi Babu, the federal agency investigation has revealed.
Pillai along with his associates was coordinating with various persons to execute the political understanding between the South Group and a leader of Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) Pillai has been an accomplice and was involved in the kickbacks from the South Group and the recoupment of the same from the businesses in Delhi, ED investigation reveals.
The ED had earlier said that the South Group gave kickbacks of Rs 100 crore to AAP leaders.
Pillai is learnt to be a partner of 32.5 per cent in Indo Spirits, which had got an L1 licence. Indo Spirits is a partnership firm of Arun Pillai (32.5 per cent), Prem Rahul (32.5 per cent) and Indospirit Distribution Limited (35 per cent), wherein Arun Pillai and Prem Rahul represented the benami investments of Kavitha and Magunta Srinivasulu Reddy and his son Raghava Magunta.
Kavitha, who is a member of the Telangana Legislative Council, was questioned by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in the same case in December last year.
The excise policy was passed in Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal-led Delhi Cabinet in the middle of the deadly Delta Covid-19 pandemic in 2021.
The Delhi government’s version is that the policy was formulated to ensure the generation of optimum revenue, eradicate the sale of spurious liquor or non-duty paid liquor in Delhi, besides improving user experience.
The CBI had filed a case against alleged corruption in the 2021-22 excise policy. The excise policy was subsequently withdrawn by the AAP government.
Sisodia was among 15 others booked in an FIR filed by the CBI. Excise officials, liquor company executives, dealers, some unknown public servants and private persons were booked in the case.
It was alleged that irregularities were committed including modifications in the Excise Policy and undue favours were extended to the license holders including waiver or reduction in licence fee, an extension of L-1 license without approval etc. (
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( With inputs from www.siasat.com )

March 11, 2023
Jairam dismisses BRS leader’s hunger strike on women’s bill as ‘diversionary tactics’

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Hyderabad: AICC General Secretary Jairam Ramesh on Friday asked why the Women’s Reservation Bill could not be passed in Lok Sabha over the last nine years despite the BJP having a brute majority.
He also brushed aside BRS MLC K Kavitha’s hunger strike in support of the bill claiming that the move was an attempt to divert attention from the ED summons issued to her.
He recalled that the Women’s Reservation Bill was passed in Rajya Sabha in 2010 due to the efforts of Congress which was in power then.
It was passed in Rajya Sabha first as any bill that is introduced in the Upper House never lapses, he said.
Ramesh added that the Congress had tried to introduce it in Lok Sabha but there was opposition within UPA.
The Congress did not have the requisite majority then and the BJP was also reluctant to support on the issue, he alleged.
“…from 2014, Mr Modi has a brute majority in the Lok Sabha. Now, he does not have to pass it in the Rajya Sabha… It is already passed. TRS (BRS) is supporting him most of the time in Lok Sabha. YSRCP supports him all the time. So, why could the bill not pass in the Lok Sabha in the last nine years,” he said.
“So, to sit in hunger strike today at Jantar Mantar (in Delhi) to divert from other issues which will become relevant tomorrow, these are all diversionary tactics,” he told reporters when asked about the Congress not attending Kavitha’s hunger strike in support of the bill.

A day before her scheduled appearance before the Enforcement Directorate in the Delhi excise policy case, Kavitha led a six-hour long hunger strike in Delhi seeking the passage of the bill in the current Budget session of Parliament.
Ramesh said if the BJP wants to get the bill passed, it can get it done in the Budget session next week, Ramesh said.
Regarding Telangana, Ramesh listed out ‘panch sutras’ (five elements) for the benefit of farmers in the state and assured that the Congress, if voted to power, would address all grievances related to the ‘Dharani’ (integrated land records management system) portal.
Congress also promises land surveys in the state in two years if it comes to power, with the objective that the land owner would be the real owner of the land and the land title is conclusive and not presumptive, he said.
Observing that there are 125 laws related to land and 3,000 Government Orders (GOs) in Telangana over many years, he said Congress would come up with one comprehensive land law which will integrate all the existing 125 land laws and thousands of GOs.
He said no land will be acquired without the permission of the land owner.
Congress would also be extending government benefits like crop insurance to nearly 15 lakh tenant farmers in Telangana, he added.
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( With inputs from www.siasat.com )

March 10, 2023
KCR rules out early elections in Telangana at BRS meeting

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Hyderabad: Putting all rumours of early elections in the state to rest, BRS chief and Telangana chief minister K Chandrashekhar Rao announced unequivocally on Friday that elections will be held only as scheduled.
At the same time, pointing out that all polls were in favour of the BRS, he expressed confidence that the party would return to power in Telangana for the third time in a row.
Addressing a four-hour meeting of ministers, MPs, legislators, and party general body members at Telangana Bhavan, KCR assured sitting legislators that they would be retained in the Assembly elections but also warned that corruption, rudeness, and irresponsibility would not be tolerated.
He asked them to ensure the effective implementation of all government programmes in their constituencies in collaboration with in-charge ministers, and he also set deadlines for completing all outstanding works, in addition to asking them to confront opposition parties head-on and not give them any opportunity to take advantage of them.
“All of the polls are in our favour. The majority of MLAs will be re-elected. Therefore, no public claims or corruption charges would be permitted. All outstanding work on welfare and development programmes should be finished by August since notice for Assembly elections is due in September or October,” he told party cadre.
The BRS chief urged all party leaders to be vigilant and leave no space for error.
On ED notices to Kavitha
On ED notices to MLC Kavitha in the Delhi excise policy case, KCR said that the BJP-led centre is employing investigative agencies for harassing political opponents.
“After employing central agencies to harass ministers and other elected representatives in the pretext of investigations, they have now targeted BRS MLC K Kavitha. So let us not get bogged down and instead continue to expose the BJP in front of the people of the country till they are deposed,” he remarked.

He warned them that the BJP was keeping a close eye on BRS leaders’ actions in order to use them politically. He said that the BJP was scheming and persecuting elected BRS representatives to cover up the BJP’s ‘ineptitude’, citing Telangana’s ‘tremendous success’ and becoming a role model for other states without relying on the Centre.
The chief minister also asked all MLAs to stay accessible to the people and party workers in their areas, referring to the party cadre as its strength. They were expected to bridge any gaps with local leaders and activists and to make substantial efforts to bring government programmes to the people. It was suggested that they organise ‘padayatras’ and reach out to the people in order to address local concerns.
“Elected representatives should organise Atmeeya Sammelans with party workers over the next two months and develop the party more at the grassroots. This process should include all MPs, MLAs, MLCs, corporate chairpersons, and other leaders,” he stated.
He also urged them to prepare for the next part of the Palle Pragathi and Pattana Pragathi programmes, which would begin soon.
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( With inputs from www.siasat.com )

March 10, 2023
BRS candidates file nominations for council polls

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Hyderabad: Three candidates of Telangana’s ruling party Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) on Thursday filed nominations for State Legislative Council polls under MLA quota.
Deshapati Srinivas, K. Naveen Kumar and Challa Venkatrami Reddy filed their papers after paying homage to the Telangana martyrs at Martyrs’ Memorial in front of the Assembly building.
Ministers Harish Rao, Niranjan Reddy, Prashanth Reddy, Malla Reddy, T. Srinivas Yadav, Jagdish Reddy, MLC P. Rajeswara Rao and some other MLAs and MLCs were present at the time of filing of nominations.
While Naveen Kumar filed for the papers for the second term, two others are contesting for the first time for the upper house of the state legislature.
Poet and singer Deshpati Srinivas is currently serving as Officer on Special Duty in the Chief Minister’s Office while Venkatrami Reddy is a former MLA from Alampur constituency.
Biennial elections to three MLC seats are scheduled to take place on March 23. As per the schedule already announced by the Election Commission of India, candidates can file their nominations till March 13. Scrutiny of nominations will be done on March 14 while the deadline for withdrawal of candidatures is March 16.
With more than 100 members in 119-member Assembly, all three candidates of BRS are likely to be elected unopposed.
BRS president and Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao on Tuesday announced the candidates for the MLC polls.

The names of the two candidates to be nominated by the Governor are likely to be announced after the cabinet meeting later on Thursday.
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( With inputs from www.siasat.com )

March 9, 2023
KCR convenes key BRS meet on Friday

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Hyderabad: A key meeting of Telangana’s ruling Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) will be held on Friday.
A joint meeting of the BRS Parliamentary Party, Legislature Party and the State Executive will be held at Telangana Bhavan, the BRS headquarters here.
The meeting will be presided over by BRS supremo and Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao.
In view of this being an election year, the meeting will discuss widely about the implementation of government programmes, party activities, etc.
BRS MPs, MLAs, MLCs, party State Executive Committee, district party Presidents, Zilla Parishad Chairpersons, state level Corporation Chairpersons, DCMS and DCCB Chairpersons will participate in the extended meeting.
Chandrasekhar Rao has said that all the invitees must attend this meeting.
The meeting also assumes significance of the notice issued by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) to BRS MLC K. Kavitha in Delhi excise policy scam.
Kavitha, daughter of KCR, has been directed to appear for questioning in the case on Thursday in Delhi.

Kavitha, a Member of Legislative Council, has already left for Delhi but it was not clear if she will be appearing before the ED on Thursday.
The MLC said in a statement on Wednesday morning that as a law-abiding citizen, she will fully cooperate with the investigation agencies.
She, however, said in view of the planned dharna in New Delhi over women’s reservation Bill on Friday and prefixed appointments, she will seek legal opinions on the date of attending it.
Reacting strongly to the ED notice, BRS leaders have termed this as a political conspiracy by the BJP-led government at the Centre.
Kavitha’s father or her brother and state minister K.T. Rama Rao are yet to react to the development.
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( With inputs from www.siasat.com )

March 8, 2023
Telangana: Congress party slams BRS in Nirmal during foot march

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Hyderabad: Telangana All India Congress Committee (AICC) in-charge Manikrao Thakre participated in the ‘Haath Se Haath Jodo’ poru yatra from Sirgapur to Nirmal on Saturday.
Speaking at the street corner meeting at Shivaji Chowk in Nirmal, Manikrao Thakre claimed that there has been a tremendous response to the ‘Haath Se Haath Jodo’ yatra across Telangana, adding the Congress party is all set to return to power.
He accused chief minister K Chandrashekhar Rao of cheating people with false promises and fake claims.
“Congress cadre has been exposing the failures of the Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) government in Telangana and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government at the Centre by conducting the door-to-door campaign,” he said.
Addressing the meeting, senior Congress MP N Uttam Kumar Reddy criticized the BRS government for the rising rate of unemployment.
Reddy said, “More than 40 lakh youth remain jobless to this date. The BRS government is boasting about filling up a few thousand vacancies, but it is not addressing the remaining jobless youth.”
He said, “Exams were conducted for recruitment of 20,177 posts for Group-1, Group-2, Group-3 as well as police jobs. A whopping 22.01 lakh candidates applied and an average of 756 candidates competed for each available vacancy in Group-1. Similarly, the average number of candidates per post for Group-2 and Group-3 is 704 and 390 respectively.”
“If the government recruited 17,516 people for police recruitment, what should the remaining 7.30 lakh candidates do? They need alternate jobs, but the BRS government is not even providing an unemployment allowance of Rs 3,016 per month,” he said.

AICC programme implementation committee chairman Alleti Maheshwar Reddy alleged that CM KCR ‘hijacked’ the original dream of Telangana.
“He came to power by exploiting the sentiments of Telangana people but did nothing to achieve the goals of Neelu (water), Nidhulu (funds) and Niyamakalu (jobs). KCR gave up Telangana’s share of the Godavari and Krishna rivers to Maharashtra and Andhra Pradesh,” Reddy said.
Maheshwar alleged that KCR pushed Telangana into huge debts of over Rs 5 lakh crore almost equal to two full annual budgets. “Further, over 40 lakh youth are still jobless in the State. They include thousands of youth who actively participated in the statehood movement,” he said.
He said that the state government is unable to pay salaries to the employees on time and no funds are left to be spent on welfare schemes.
“However, the assets of KCR and his family keep increasing and their party BRS became one of the richest parties in the country,” he alleged.
“KCR became the Chief Minister by exploiting the Telangana sentiments twice and now he disowned the state by forming the BRS to accomplish his dream of national politics. KCR is an opportunist and tomorrow he might even suggest a merger of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh if it suits his political goals,” he alleged.
He dubbed minister Indrakarana Reddy ‘Qabza Reddy’ and alleged that Indrakarana was more focused on land grabbing than serving the people. He said that the minister took no interest in resolving problems being faced by students at IIIT Basar.
He said, “The minister did not meet adivasis when they were sent to jail. Indrakaran Reddy failed to bring any development in Bhainsa despite being in the cabinet for the last eight years.”
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( With inputs from www.siasat.com )

March 5, 2023