Azharuddin’s induction into Cabinet violates election code: Telangana BJP

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has alleged that the inclusion of erstwhile cricketer and MLC Mohd. Azharuddin successful the State Cabinet violates the predetermination exemplary codification of conduct, which is presently successful unit for the Jubilee Hills bypoll, scheduled for November 11.

Senior BJP leaders, including Union Minister G. Kishan Reddy and Telangana enactment president N. Ramchander Rao, told the media successful abstracted briefings that the ruling Congress enactment has stooped debased by inducting Mr. Azharuddin simply to appease number voters. “For the past 22 months, determination hasn’t been a azygous curate from the number community, and conscionable earlier the elections, they abruptly retrieve it,” Mr. Reddy said.

He further accused the Congress and BRS parties of practicing “fake secularism” and appeasement politics, claiming they are acting arsenic a protective shield for the Majlis party. “Why isn’t the Majlis enactment contesting the by-election? Under whose pressure, oregon for whose suitcases, did they rent retired their campaigner to the Congress?” helium asked, alleging that Majlis leaders are threatening opponents and pressuring the authorities to record mendacious cases.

In addition, Mr. Kishan Reddy criticised the authorities for failing to instrumentality a decisive enactment against organised networks progressive successful the amerciable slaughter and transport of cattle crossed State borders and demanded stricter enforcement of existing laws, and adherence to nationalist guidelines connected cattle protection.

Meanwhile, BJP MLA Payal Shankar and erstwhile Minister Marri Shashidhar Reddy met State Election Commissioner Sudardhan Reddy to formally kick astir Mr. Azharuddin’s induction, alleging it violates the exemplary codification of conduct.

Intimidation?

Separately, Mr. Ramchander Rao accused the Congress authorities of intimidating backstage assemblage managements by directing the Vigilance Department to analyse alleged misuse of interest reimbursement funds. He described it arsenic a maneuver to further hold the outgo of arrears amounting to thousands of crores. He demanded the contiguous merchandise of ₹12,000 crore successful pending dues and reiterated the party’s enactment for the State-wide bandh called by backstage assemblage managements to property for their morganatic demands.