KTR reacted to BJP leader's post about Sister K Kavitha's role
New Delhi:
A sarcastic post by a senior BJP leader over the Supreme Court granting bail to Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) leader K Kavitha drew fierce reactions from her brother and former Telangana minister KT Rama Rao, better known as KTR.
The Supreme Court today granted conditional bail to K Kavitha, five months after she was arrested by the Enforcement Directorate in connection with alleged irregularities in Delhi's now-scrapped liquor policy. This is the same case in which Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and his former deputy Manish Sisodia were also arrested. While Mr Kejriwal remains in custody, Mr Sisodia was released on bail earlier this month.
Congratulations to the Congress party and its supporters for getting bail for BRS MLC in the infamous liquor fraud case.
Your tireless efforts finally paid off.
This bail is a victory for both BRS and Congress: the BRS leader is out on bail and the Congressman is entering the Rajya Sabha.…
— Bandi Sanjay Kumar (@bandisanjay_bjp) August 27, 2024
Lashing out at the X, Union Minister and senior BJP leader Bandi Sanjay Kumar said in a message, “Congratulations to the Congress party and its supporters for getting bail for BRS MLC in the infamous liquor scam. Your tireless efforts have finally borne fruit.
“This bail is a victory for both BRS and Congress – BRS leader is out on bail and the Congressman is going to Rajya Sabha. Remarkable political acumen by KCR in supporting the candidate, who initially argued for bail, to be nominated to Rajya Sabha without opposition from the ruling Congress. Congratulations to the partners in crime who wined and dined,” the Minister of State for Home Affairs added.
While the BJP leader did not mention any names, it is clear that he was referring to Senior Advocate Abhishek Singhvi, who defended Ms Kavitha in court and has now filed a nomination for a Rajya Sabha seat in Telangana.
In a sharp reaction, former state minister and K Kavitha's brother KTR said Bandi Sanjay Kumar's post on X was “highly inappropriate” for his position as a Union minister. The BRS leader urged the Supreme Court to take note of the remark and initiate contempt proceedings.
“You are a Home Minister and you are launching a smear campaign on the Supreme Court!! Very unbecoming of your position. I request the Hon'ble Chief Justice of India and the respected Supreme Court to take due cognizance of these remarks and initiate contempt proceedings,” KTR said in response to the report.
You are a Minister of Home Affairs and you are bringing disrepute to the Supreme Court!! This is very unbecoming of your position.
I request the Hon'ble Chief Justice of India and the respected Supreme Court to take respectful notice of these observations and initiate contempt proceedings… https://t.co/171Bl4ZIiH
— KTR (@KTRBRS) August 27, 2024
Bandi Sanjay Kumar, Lok Sabha MP and BJP national secretary, was earlier the party's chief in Telangana.
Earlier, he had also alleged that there was an understanding between BRS and Congress for Mr Singhvi's entry into the Upper House. The BJP leader also alleged that BRS, the main opposition party in Telangana, will soon merge with Congress.
“KCR reached an understanding with Congress. Only then Congress nominated Kavitha's lawyer to Rajya Sabha. Despite 39 votes, BRS did not file any nomination. The party is going to merge with Congress soon. Both are family-oriented parties and both are also corrupt,” he had said earlier this month.
Congress sees link with BJP
Amid the BJP's allegations of a merger between Congress and BRS, Telangana Congress leader Mahesh Kumar Goud claimed that the bail granted to K. Kavitha shows that the process for merger of BRS with the BJP has begun.
He also claimed that BRS leaders KTR and T Harish Rao had spoken to BJP leaders in Delhi and that the Enforcement Directorate had helped Ms Kavitha get bail.
“If you delve into the reasons why Kavitha has been released on bail now, it becomes clear that the process of merging BRS with the BJP has begun,” he said, adding that the two parties have come together to create problems for the Revanth Reddy government in Telangana.
