BL Santhosh has one of many high jobs in BJP as BJP’s Nationwide Common Secretary (Organisation). (File)
Hyderabad:
High BJP chief BL Santhosh has been summoned by the Telangana police over his get together’s alleged makes an attempt to “purchase” 4 MLAs from Chief Minister Okay Chandrashekar Rao’s TRS. Nationwide Common Secretary (Organisation) of the BJP, BL Santhosh has to look on November 21 or he will probably be arrested, in accordance with the notices.
This comes days after the Excessive Court docket dominated that the police may proceed investigation but in addition ordered {that a} choose will monitor it.
Three males had been arrested final month — they’ve since received bail — for allegedly making “a suggestion of Rs 100 crore” to the Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) legislators at a farmhouse.
The allegations come amid heightened political rivalry as Chief Minister Rao, or ‘KCR’, just lately renamed the TRS to Bharat Rashtra Samithi to intention for a nationwide function in opposition to PM Modi and the BJP in 2024.
KCR had known as a press convention the place he confirmed movies that he claimed backed up his get together’s poaching expenses in opposition to the BJP. He had additionally linked PM Narendra Modi and Union Dwelling Minister Amit Shah with the “poaching try”. Parading the 4 MLAs who had supposedly recorded the “makes an attempt try to purchase them out”, KCR claimed to have three hours of hidden-camera footage, of which he performed about 5 minutes.
The BJP has mentioned the allegations are “staged” and the movies are “recordings with employed actors”. TRS MLA Pilot Rohith Reddy had mentioned in his criticism that the three males mentioned that instances could be filed in opposition to them via central businesses such because the CBI if they didn’t take the provide.
The Excessive Court docket earlier this week rejected the BJP’s plea at hand over the case to a “impartial” company just like the CBI, however made the state police’s Particular Investigation Crew (SIT) impartial with a choose as overseer.
