"I request TRS leaders to..." KTR's message to party leaders on MLAs poaching case

Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], October 27 : Telangana Minister KT Rama Rao on Thursday urged the TRS party workers to refrain from issuing any kind of statement to the media in regard to the MLA poaching allegations against the BJP as the investigation is in the "preliminary stage".
Taking to Twitter to appeal to the party leaders, KTR said, "Because the MLAs trading case is in the preliminary investigation stage, I request TRS party leaders shouldn't give any kind of statements to the media."
This comes a day after the TRS alleged that the BJP is attempting to poach the MLAs luring them with money and contracts. The Telangana Police arrested three persons who were found at the farmhouse in Ranga Reddy on Wednesday evening, after being informed by the TRS MLAs about the poaching bid, which the leaders alleged belonged to the BJP. The three accused were identified as Ramachandra Bharati, Nanda Kumar and Simhayaji Swamy.
Earlier today, Telangana BJP approached the High Court seeking the transfer of a case pertaining to the Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) MLAs' poaching allegations against the party, to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) or to constitute a special investigation team (SIT) to carry out a fair probe into the matter.
In a writ petition filed by Premendar Reddy, he claimed that the "bias and unfair investigation" being carried out is with a "sole intention to frame the leaders" of his party.
"The above writ petition is filed complaining of bias and unfair investigation being carried upon by the respondents in FIR.No.455/2022 on the file of Moinabad PS with a sole intention to frame the leaders of the petitioner political party and damage its reputation at the instance of the ruling party dispensation as being illegal, arbitrary and in gross violation of Article 14 and 21 of the Constitution of India and also contrary to settled principles of free and fair investigation," the petition said.
The BJP linked the poaching allegations to the upcoming Munugude by-polls that are slated to be held on November 3, and said that the TRS has been "trying to disrupt the campaign" of the BJP while also making "several efforts to thwart the campaigning in the constituency".
Calling the complaint "politically motivated", the petition stated that it has been made with a motive to "defame and demoralise" the BJP in the by-election of the Munugode Assembly constituency.
The petition alleged that the complaint was lodged at the behest of Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao and other state ministers and senior leaders of the TRS Party.
"The true facts and motive behind the above lodging complaint can only be unearthed by the conducting an enquiry by CBI or Special Investigation Team (SIT) as constituted by this Hon'ble court and in failing to do so, the petitioner party would suffer irreparable loss and hardship and would also impact on the mandate of the people in the ensuing by-election at Munugode Assembly," the petition stated.
Meanwhile, following a complaint of TRS MLA Pilot Rohith Reddy on Wednesday, an FIR was registered at the Moinabad Police Station under Sections 120-B, 171-B r/w 171-E 506 r/w 34 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and Section 8 of Prevention of Corruption Act-1988.
In the FIR, Reddy alleged that Ramachandra Bharati who came to Hyderbad from Delhi and Nanda Kumar of Hyderabad, both belonging to the Bharatiya Janata Party had met him and offered him Rs 100 crore to join the BJP.
According to the FIR, MLA Rohith Reddy also alleged that they were threatened that criminal cases will be foisted against him and raids by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) and the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) if they did not join the BJP.