BRS questions Revanth Reddy’s access to phone-tapping SIT probe details

Hyderabad: A day after Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy announced that sensational revelations would emerge from the phone-tapping case, the BRS questioned how he had access to details of the investigation.

BRS General Secretary RS Praveen Kumar said Vigilance and Enforcement reports were generally not shared with anyone. He questioned how Revanth Reddy could know the details of the probe when he was not the head of the Special Investigation Team (SIT). He also asked whether the Chief Minister would sign the charge sheet.

“How did the charge sheet, which was supposed to be with the Central Crime Station and the Jubilee Hills ACP office, reach the Chief Minister’s Office? Isn’t this a violation of the Official Secrets Act?” Praveen Kumar asked at a press conference on Saturday.

He questioned how the Chief Minister knew the contents of the investigation when he had already announced that sensational revelations would emerge. Praveen Kumar alleged that this indicated that Revanth Reddy was directing the inclusion of names, including those of BRS chief K Chandrashekhar Rao and former ministers Harish Rao and KT Rama Rao.

“I have been saying that false evidence is being planted. I worked in the same department and know all the games. This is not new to me,” Praveen Kumar said.

The BRS General Secretary also criticised Telangana Rakshana Sena (TRS) chief K Kavitha and accused her of spreading blatant lies.

He said opposition parties generally fought against the ruling party, but the Telangana Rakshana Sena was functioning as another opposition entity. While the ruling party’s alleged exploitation continued unabated, Kavitha was not joining hands with other opposition parties to take on the government. Instead, she was targeting the BRS, he alleged.

“Like the Youth Congress, Mahila Congress or NSUI, TRS has become an auxiliary wing of the Congress party,” he said. He added that TRS stood for “Telangana Revanth Sainyam” (Telangana Revanth Army).