Union Minister of State for Home Affairs Bandi Sanjay Kumar has dared BRS working president K.T. Rama Rao for an open debate on the charges made against him by BJP MP from Anakapalli C.M. Ramesh accusing him of making a proposal to merge BRS with BJP in 2023.
Talking to reporters in Karimnagar on Sunday, Mr. Sanjay alleged that the BRS rule was steeped in corruption. “BRS leaders had come up with the merger proposal unable to run their party,” he said in reply to a question.
However, during his speech at a public meeting in Nizamabad in 2023, Prime Minister Narendra Modi made it crystal clear that BJP is against family-centric parties and politics of nepotism, he noted.
“Let him (KTR) decide the time and venue. I will arrange a public debate either in Karimnagar or Hyderabad to prove Mr. Ramesh’s allegations against Mr. Rama Rao,” he said.
“BRS is on the verge of extinction and its leadership is incapable of running the party,” he charged, accusing Mr. Rama Rao of spearheading a false propaganda against the BJP through social media platforms. “Such lies will not be tolerated anymore,” he warned, and alleged that the Congress leaders in Telangana were not reacting to KTR’s ‘abusive language’ against their own leaders.
Accusing the ruling Congress of “pursuing appeasement politics”, he demanded that 42% quota be exclusively earmarked for BCs by excluding Muslims from the BC list.
New block
Earlier, the Union Minister inaugurated the Critical Care Block constructed with Central fund at an estimated cost of ₹23.75 crore at the Government General Hospital in Karimnagar.
Published – July 27, 2025 08:57 pm IST
