Raghunandan challenges CM to arrest KCR, Harish

The BJP MP representing Medak, M. Raghunandan Rao, challenged Chief Minister Revanth Reddy to show his ‘Telangana valour’ by arresting former Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao by June 30 based on the statement of DCP Radhakishan Rao.
He also challenged the CM to arrest BRS MLA T. Harish Rao based on the statement of ACP Bhujanga Rao if he has the guts.
Speaking to the media at the State BJP office here on Wednesday along with MLAs Alleti Maheshwar Reddy and Palvai Harish Babu, he criticised the CM’s statement that he won in Medak due to the transfer of BRS votes to BJP.
Raghunandan warned the CM saying, “Mr Revanth Reddy, be careful when you speak about me and my party. I fought for Telangana with the police shouting ‘Jai Telangana.’ I am not afraid of people like you. I have been fighting against KCR and Harish Rao since 2013 after quitting the BRS.” He criticised the CM saying that Revanth has been speaking a lot but failed to ensure victory in the Mahbubnagar MLC by-poll and in Malkajgiri LS constituency. He asked the CM to explain whether the BRS shifted its votes to the Congress as it had won eight LS seats.
Raghunandan said that Revanth had failed to ensure the victory of the Congress candidate in Medak district.
“Mr CM, I am ready to take an oath at any temple if Harish made BRS voters vote for me. I am ready to come to the Bhagyalaxmi Temple. Revanth should bring his friend Harish Rao to that temple. Revanth made Neelam Madhu a scapegoat as Neelam is a supporter of Harish. Who is protecting Harish Rao in the phone tapping case,” Raghunandan said.
He asked the CM who said that corruption took place in the Kaleshwaram Project to explain why the government is not taking action against Harish who was the then Irrigation Minister.
“Is it not true that the CM and Harish travelled in business class on the same flight to New Delhi and discussed it? It is not appropriate for the CM to make allegations against me just because I and Harish belong to the same caste,” Raghunandan said.
He said that during elections the BRS candidate in Medak, Venkatrami Reddy, distributed money indiscriminately but the police did not arrest him even after filing several complaints.
“The CM did not take action because Venkatrami is a relative of Revenue Minister Ponguleti Srinivas Reddy or is it because they belong to the same caste” he said.
Raghunandan asked the Chief Minister to explain why he is not lifting the ban on the entry of the CBI into the state.
Criticising the CM for saying that the BRS and the BJP are holding talks, Raghunandan said the BJP will not hold any talks with the dead BRS.