Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) working president KT Rama Rao has lashed out at the Congress government in Telangana, accusing it of trampling the Constitution, luring BRS MLAs and instilling fear among the opposition ranks.
“Congress is no paragon of virtue. It’s the other side of the coin. Same story in Telangana 1) Luring BRS MLAs 2) Abusing Tenth Schedule 3) Instilling fear (Police, Vigilance) 4) Massive corruption by CM And @RahulGandhi Ji continues to pose with the Constitution while his CM tramples it ruthlessly,” KTR posted on X in reply to Rajya Sabha MP Kapil Sibal’s post, which levelled the same accusations against the BJP-led Central government.
After BRS’s drubbing in the last Assembly election, nine of its MLAs who left the party and joined the Congress. These MLAs include T Prakash Goud (Rajendranagar), Pocharam Srinivas Reddy (Banswada), Danam Nagender (Khairatabad), Kale Yadaiah (Chevella), Dr Sanjay Kumar (Jagtial), Kadiam Srihari (Station Ghanpur), Tellam Venkat Rao (Bhadrachalam), Arekapudi Gandhi (Serilingampalli) and Gudem Mahipal Reddy (Patancheru).
Gadwal MLA B Krishna Mohan Reddy had also left the BRS and joined the Congress. But he returned back to the BRS less than one month after joining the Congress.
The BRS working president was responding to the post of Senior Advocate Kapil Sibal who had raised doubts on the Karntaka High court verdict of dismissing CM Siddaramiah’s appeal against the Governors sanction for prosecution in the allleged MUDA scam.
On Tuesday, Kapil Sibal posted on X: “Now Karnataka. BJP’s insidious ways to destabilise and topple elected governments: 1) luring MLAs 2) Misusing Tenth Schedule 3) Instilling fear (ED, CBI) 4) Governors acting beyond their constitutional responsibilities Then say: ‘For BJP Constitution means more than Gita’ !”
While speaking to ANI on Wednesday, Sibal said that it is nowhere written in the Constitution that the Governor can give sanctions for prosecution.
“It is nowhere written in the Constitution that the Governor can give sanctions for prosecution. Hence, the Supreme Court has clarified that if there is any case against the Chief Minister, the Governor is the competent authority to grant sanction because a cabinet belongs to the Chief Minister himself, but “when” a person can be prosecuted and what process needs to be followed is not written in the constitution,” Sibal said.
He emphasised the need for a proper investigative process, saying, “How can the Governor decide, without any magisterial inquiry, that the allegations against the accused are true? In cases of private complaints, it is the magistrate who decides if any rule has been broken. In this situation, without the magistrate’s input, can the governor determine if a criminal offence has taken place?”.
(With ANI Inputs)
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