KARIMNAGAR: Karimnagar City Congress president and corporator Vydyula Anjan Kumar has alleged a clandestine agreement between Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) in the recent mayor and co-option elections’ within the Karimnagar Municipal Corporation (KMC).
“This Fevicol bond is intended to sideline the Congress,” Anjan Kumar said in a statement released in Karimnagar on Sunday. He specifically pointed to the co-option elections held on Saturday as proof of collaboration between BJP and BRS.
The Congress leader pointed out that the BJP lacked the necessary quorum to secure victory on its own. BRS corporators provided the required support as part of a pre-arranged deal.
He questioned the motives of BRS party’s decision to participate and vote for BJP candidates, especially when the ruling Congress party had chosen to boycott the co-option elections to highlight the unholy nexus between the BJP and BRS.
In particular, Anjan Kumar accused union minister Bandi Sanjay Kumar of influencing BRS members to ensure the BJP’s dominance in the corporation. He characterised public posturing of the two parties, where they often appear to be bitter rivals, as a “theatrical drama” designed to mislead the electorate.
The Congress corporator ridiculed the BJP’s claims of being a value-based party, asking where their honesty had vanished during the secret negotiations of the past two days. He argued that by granting co-option posts to groups already represented in the corporation, the authorities had bypassed the true spirit of the Municipal Act, which is intended to give voice to unrepresented sections of the society.
Anjan Kumar maintained that the people of Karimnagar are closely monitoring the behind-the-scenes politics and will deliver a fitting response at the appropriate time. He emphasised that as long as the Congress party enjoys the support of the people through its Praja Palana (people’s governance) initiative, the combined efforts of the BJP and BRS to destabilise Congress will prove futile.
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