TRS splurged 200 cr on MLC polls: TDP

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2nd June, 2015 5:38am Telangana Comments

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Hyderabad: The TDP which had suffered a major jolt following the arrest of the deputy floor leader A Revanth Reddy who was allegedly caught while giving bribe to a nominated MLA on Sunday decided to hit back and accused the ruling TRS of spending more than Rs 200 crore on the MLC elections.

At a press conference in the Assembly premises, the Telugu Desam Party leader Errabelli Dayakar Rao demanded probe by Central Bureau of Investigation into all the transactions. Rao alleged that Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao resorted to horse-trading on a large-scale and paid bribes to some MLAs of opposition parties to win five seats in the MLC elections.

He said how TRS, which has strength of just 63 MLAs in the House, can win five seats. The additional votes were secured by paying huge bribes, he alleged. He also accused KCR of hatching a conspiracy to trap TDP MLA A Revanth Reddy. He pointed out that during the meeting of TRS Legislature Party he hinted to his legislators to get prepared to watch 'breaking news'.

The TDP leader said Revanth Reddy had approached the court against the voting rights given to nominated Anglo-Indian MLA Elvis Stephenson. Therefore, it was Stephenson who approached Revanth Reddy offering to vote for TDP candidate Vem Narender Reddy in the MLC elections. He alleged that Revanth Reddy was selectively picked by KCR to defame him and the TDP.

Alleging that the ruling party had spent over Rs. 200 crore to bribe MLAs, he dared KCR to order a CBI probe into the matter. Errabelli said it was wrong on the part of KCR to target TDP MLAs, including Revanth Reddy, who participated in the statehood movement.

He alleged that none of five MLC candidates of TRS took part in the Telangana movement. Even the MIM had opposed Telangana and is now sailing with the TRS. "KCR has been encouraging traitors of Telangana while suppressing those put their lives and careers at state to achieve statehood for Telangana," he alleged.