Mulugu: BRS leaders burn effigy of Revanth Reddy over blow up Pragathi Bhavan remarks

Mulugu: The Bharat Rashtra Samithi leaders in Mulugu on Wednesday burnt the effigy of Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee chief and MP A Revanth Reddy as a protest over his blow up Pragathi Bhavan remark which he mad on Tuesday.

It is to mention here that leaders of ruling government in Telangana filed police complaints and called for protests against Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee president A Revanth Reddy's remarks on the Chief Minister, on Wednesday.

Reddy had said that "even if Maoists blow up the official residence of the chief minister with explosives it would be of little consequence as it was of no use to the people".

The complaints were filed in Mulugu and Narasmpet police stations. The BRS leaders expressed doubts that there could be a conspiracy behind Revanth Reddy's remarks.

The complainants alleged that the Congress leader gave a call to Maoists to blow up Pragati Bhavan as a conspiracy to endanger the life of Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao.

TPCC president had made the controversial remarks on Tuesday in Mulugu district during his ongoing Hath Se Haath Jodo padayatra.

Revanth Reddy, who is also a member of the Lok Sabha, alleged that CM KCR was indifferent to the woes of the people as he was barricaded by the walls of the Pragati Bhavan. He went on to add that even if Maoists blow up Pragati Bhavan, it would make no difference as it was of no use to the people.

"What is the use of a structure built with hundreds of crores when the chief minister is indifferent to the sufferings of the people as long as he is inside it? If it is of no use to the public," he asked.

Alleging that hundreds of crores of public money was spent to build Pragati Bhavan, he asked why Pragati Bhavan is home to KCR family.

Meanwhile, the BRS has also called for protests against Revanth Reddy. The party has called up on its cadres to set afire the effigies of the Congress leader during the protests.

BRS MLA P Sudershan Reddy said large-scale protests would be held in Narasmpet constituency on Wednesday. He said Revanth Reddy's effigies would be burnt and the protesters would also take out his mock funeral processions.

The BRS leader said an MP calling for blowing up the Pragati Bhavan is highly condemnable. "Congress party which banned Maoists should respond to the statement of its own leader calling upon Maoists to blow up the official residence of the chief minister," he said.

The MLA demanded that a case under the Preventive Detention (PD) Act should be booked against Revanth Reddy and he should be sent to jail.

Sudershan Reddy also demanded the Congress party to remove Revanth Reddy as the MP and suspend him from the party.

Earlier in the day, Revanth Reddy responded on the cases filed against him following his comments on Pragathi Bhavan during the Haath se Haath Jodo Yatra. In a statement to the media, he stated that he is not intimidated by the cases and that they are not new to him.

Revanth Reddy accused Minister Errabelli of being an expert in covert operations. He expressed his anger that CM KCR allowed individuals who dislike Telangana to be a part of Pragathi Bhavan but refused permission for the families of Telangana martyrs.

MP Revanth Reddy alleged that the "traitors" of Telangana, including Srinivas Yadav, Mallareddy, Dayakar Rao and others, of becoming ministers in the state and added that 90 per cent of ministers are Telangana traitors.