Rahul Gandhi visit: BJP’s Ramchander Rao placed under house arrest

Hyderabad: Even as the Congress government organized the Bharat Summit in Hyderabad with a stated focus on saving democracy and protecting freedom of speech and expression, the Telangana police placed Opposition leaders under house arrest, triggering criticism from the BJP.

BJP State president N Ramchander Rao was prevented from stepping out of his residence and participating in party programmes. Police personnel arrived at his house and restricted his movement.

“Congress Govt has put me under house arrest for umpteenth time now! I have just one message for Deshdrohi Pappu and his Ghulam: Daro Mat!” Ramchander Rao said in a post on X.

He launched a sharp attack on the Congress government for organizing the Bharat Summit in Hyderabad, accusing it of preaching democracy to the world while suppressing dissent at home.

“Congress is busy lecturing the world on democracy at Anti Bharat Summit, while just a few kms away, it is crushing democracy by arresting and placing me and several BJP karyakartas under house arrest!” Rao charged.

He also alleged that Congress MP Rahul Gandhi was surrounded by radical Left and Maoist elements. He accused Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy of making debt-ridden Telangana and its taxpayers bear the expenditure on organizing the summit.

He questioned the government’s spending priorities, alleging that while it cited a lack of funds to fulfil electoral promises and implement welfare schemes, it was spending crores of rupees of taxpayers’ money on the summit.

Describing the event as another attempt to relaunch Rahul Gandhi, he warned that the BJP would stage protests against the government’s decision. “We will protest,” Ramchander Rao said.