On BJP's "Tantrik" Charge Ahead Of Telangana Bypoll, KCR's Party Wants Poll Panel Action
NDTV
Union minister Sitharaman and Telangana BJP chief had said Chief Minister KCR relies on black magic and advice from occultists
Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao's party has gone to the Election Commission against BJP leaders' allegations that he takes decisions based on "black magic" and "advice from tantriks (occultists)".
Demanding prosecution of state BJP chief Bandi Sanjay Kumar and Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, the Telangana Rashtra Samiti (TRS) complaint says, "We deny these allegations as false, concocted in order to create and spread hate among the people, most particularly the voters of Munugode assembly constituency, depicting [Mr Rao or 'KCR'] as a non-believer of God and a believer of Devils and Demons."
Munugode is to vote in a bypoll on November 3.
The two BJP leaders had said KCR changed the name of his party to Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) on advice from occultists. The TRS-to-BRS change — formal nod of the Election Commission is pending — is part of KCR's move to go national ahead of the 2024 Lok Sabha polls, in which he hopes to be a power centre against the BJP and PM Narendra Modi.
