Hyderabad, February 14 BJP leader Bandi Sanjay Kumar accused the ruling Congress, the opposition BRS, and AIMIM in Telangana of "coming together" to prevent the BJP from securing the Mayor's post in Karimnagar, despite the saffron party emerging as the single largest party in the municipal elections.
Out of the total 66 wards in the Karimnagar Municipal Corporation, BJP won 30, while Congress, BRS, AIMIM, All India Forward Block (AIFB), and Independents won 14, 9, 3, 3, and seven respectively.
"These three parties have come together with the idea that the BJP should not get the Mayor's post. We have been saying for a long time that BRS and Congress are two sides of the same coin. Their conspiracies will be exposed in Karimnagar. The leaders of BRS and Congress are having open talks, not secret ones," he told reporters here.
Kumar cited a BRS MLA, who claimed that the Chief Minister (A Revanth Reddy) personally reached out to coordinate the blockade.
He also alleged that a BJP candidate was approached with inducements to support, but rejected the offer, he said.
The BRS and Congress should clarify whether the decision to "come together" to prevent the BJP from occupying the Mayor's post was a local arrangement or a directive from their high commands, said Sanjay Kumar, a Member of Parliament from Karimnagar.
Noting that the independents who won the civic poll in Karimnagar have pledged their support to the BJP, he expressed confidence that his party would clinch the Mayor's post.
The Congress government has not taken steps to make "arrests" in the cases related to the Kaleshwaram project, phone-tapping, the Formula E race, and others in which BRS leaders are facing allegations, he claimed.
Alleging that the Congress government trifurcated the existing Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) with a tacit understanding with AIMIM and BRS, in which their political interests are safeguarded, Sanjay Kumar expressed confidence that the BJP would come to power when elections are held to the three corporations.
In a boost to the A Revanth Reddy-led government, the Congress in Telangana scored an emphatic victory in the municipal elections on February 13, while the BRS and BJP too made their presence felt.
