BJP is Team India, Cong is Team Pakistan: Sanjay

“India won the recent India-Pakistan Champions Trophy match. The BJP is Team India. The Congress is Team Pakistan as it has aligned with those who celebrate Pakistan’s victories. The BJP will win the MLC election match on February 27, just like India defeated Pakistan,” Union Minister of State Bandi Sanjay Kumar said.
He challenged Chief Minister Revanth Reddy asking if he was ready to treat the MLC election as a referendum on his 14 months of governance.
Addressing a press conference on Tuesday at his MP’s office in Karimnagar, Sanjay spoke along with MLAs Payal Shankar, Katipalli Venkataramana Reddy, former MLA Chintala Ramachandra Reddy, former Mayor Sunil Rao and the BJP state spokesperson J. Sangappa.
During the event, Sanjay strongly criticized the statements made by the CM during his MLC election campaign.
He demanded transparency in how much funding the Centre has given to villages, municipalities and city corporations in Telangana and how much the state spent and called for an open debate.
Recalling his earlier challenge, Sanjay said that the CM had backed down then as well. “On February 27, the MLC election will be a match between Team India and Team Pakistan. If you want India to win, vote for the BJP. If you want Pakistan to win, vote for the Congress. If the BJP wins, we will fulfil the hopes of all graduates and teachers,” he said.
“We are not against caste enumeration. We oppose including Muslims in the BCs’ list. Reservations for communities like Dudekulas have been implemented for a long time in Telangana, and we never objected. But why should we accept including 8.8% of Muslims in the BCs’ list when they make up 12.5% of the population? Merging over 88% of Muslims into the BC category will harm bonafide BCs.
If a Bill is sent to include all Muslims in the BCs’ list, why should we approve it, he said.
“Explain how the BCs’ population, which was 56% as per the comprehensive family survey, suddenly decreased to 60 lakhs. Why didn’t you object when KTR and Harish announced in the Assembly that the BC population is 56 per cent,” Sanjay asked.
“Isn’t it true that after the Congress came to power, Prabhakar Rao and Shravan fled abroad? The Congress let them escape. If you sent them abroad, why should we bring them back? If you have the guts, request a CBI inquiry and hand over the case to the CBI. We will arrest all the culprits,” Sanjay said.