Minister for Excise Jupally Krishna Rao on Friday denied having a role in the murder of Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) leader. He threatened to file a defamation suit against BRS working president KT Rama Rao and BRS party candidate from Nagarkunrool RS Praveen Kumar if they repeated the allegations.
He reacted strongly to the charges by BRS leaders against him after the murder of BRS leader Sridhar Reddy on Thursday at Kollapur under Jupally Krishna Rao’s constituency.
Krishna Rao said it was unfortunate that the BRS leaders were pursuing “murder politics.”
The minister alleged the deceased Sridhar Reddy was involved in several disputes, including a property dispute with his family members.
Stating that KT Rama Rao and RS Praveen Kumar were making baseless allegations against him, the Minister demanded an apology from them.
He said the BRS leaders developed a grudge against him ever since he quit BRS to join the Congress and hence they were accusing him of involvement in the murders.
He also claimed that Sridhar Reddy had no political links and was merely a follower of a former MLA. He said several families had suffered due to Sridhar Reddy’s activities.
“When our workers died in the past, I made no allegation. It’s not proper to link murders to politics,” he said.
He wondered how KT Rama Rao could speak without gathering details about the case.
He said even the earlier murder was due to a land dispute and he got a clean chit after similar allegations were leveled against him.
The Minister said that he has no problem if a judicial probe is ordered into Sridhar Reddy’s murder.
KTR on Thursday demanded dismissal of the Minister from the Cabinet over the killings of two BRS functionaries in Kollapur constituency within four months.
The BRS leader visited Kollapur and paid tributes to Sridhar Reddy.
He accused the Congress of fostering a “culture of political murders in Telangana.”
Minister for Excise Jupally Krishna Rao speaking at a media conference in Hyderabad on Friday
Jupally has nothing to do with Sridhar Reddy’s murder: Mallu
Condemning the Laxmipally murder incident, the TPCC senior vice-president Mallu Ravi stated that Excise Minister Jupally Krishna Rao is “a clean politician.”
Mallu Ravi said that Krishna Rao has no criminal history. Moreover, he had resigned as minister for the sake of Telangana state. Krishana Rao has nothing to do with Sridhar Reddy’s murder.
While addressing the media at Gandhi Bhavan on Friday, Ravi alleged that the BRS leaders had been hatching a conspiracy since Jupally Krishna Rao joined Congress party. He demanded that BRS leaders tender open apologies to Krishna Rao for making false allegations. He also demanded that the State government punish the persons responsible for the Laxmipally murder incident.
Targeting BJP Telangana president G Kishan Reddy, Ravi said that Hitler had Goebbels in his cabinet and in the same manner Narendra Modi has Kishan Reddy in his cabinet. He alleged that Kishan Reddy is telling lies and speaking by Modi.
Mallu Ravi said that the Revanth Reddy government is committed to waiving the farm loans by August 15. Mallu Ravi said that political reunification is taking place in Telangana. In Delhi, Congress-AAP government is going to form now.
Mallu Ravi said that the Telangana government will felicitate Sonia Gandhi as she gave Telangana state. He warned Kishan Reddy to be careful that the people would revolt against him if he obstructs Sonia Gandhi’s arrival.
