BJP chief claims Cong stifled Champion’s Trophy celebrations in Telangana; cops make clear
Union minister G Kishan Reddy on Monday alleged that the Congress-led Telangana authorities prevented folks from celebrating staff India’s victory within the ICC Champions Trophy closing.
Kishan Reddy, who additionally serves because the president of the Telangana BJP unit, shared two movies on social media platform X, exhibiting cops allegedly utilizing batons to disperse crowds trying to have fun India’s Champions Trophy victory.
“That is how the Congress govt. Telangana just isn’t permitting India’s ChampionsTrophy2025 win celebrations. Shameful!” Reddy wrote on X.
The movies, which quickly went viral on social media, confirmed policemen reportedly chasing and caning cricket followers in Dilsukhnagar, a busy space in Hyderabad, on Sunday night time after India gained the Champions Trophy closing towards New Zealand.
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The BJP chief’s declare sparked an intense row within the state triggering a pointy retort from Congress Lok Sabha member Chamala Kiran Kumar Reddy.
The Congress MP charged that Kishan Reddy spreads false info on police motion in Dilsukhnagar carried out to manage legislation and order and desires to create a improper impression that the Congress authorities just isn’t obsessed with India profitable the Champions Trophy.
The celebrations have been held all around the state and a accountable particular person like Kishan Reddy shouldn’t bask in petty politics, Chamala Kiran Kumar Reddy.
Police deny BJP chief’s declare
In the meantime, a senior police official from Telangana denied the experiences of a lathi cost and clarified that the police motion was not supposed to suppress celebrations however to disperse the gang solely to make manner for ambulances.
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“They weren’t solely blocking the roads however the motion of two ambulances. To present approach to the ambulances, police dispersed them (folks gathered on the street),” the official mentioned.
Champions Trophy 2025: India gained towards New Zealand
India gained one other international cricket event with a four-wicket victory over New Zealand within the Champions Trophy closing on Sunday.
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Celebrations have been held in several components of the nation after India’s win. A number of politicians, together with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, congratulated Group India for the achievement.
