Hyderabad native our bodies MLC ballot: BRS-BJP tie-up, says Ponnam Prabhakar

BC Welfare and Transport Minister Ponnam Prabhakar. File
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BC Welfare and Transport Minister Ponnam Prabhakar alleged that the Bhartiya Janata Occasion (BJP) has filed nominations for the Hyderabad native physique MLC elections with an understanding with the Bharat Rashtra Samiti (BRS).

Mr. Prabhakar, who can also be the incharge Minister for the Hyderabad district, requested how the BJP, with simply 27 votes, can enter the fray if the BRS has not secretly agreed to assist the BJP. Out of the 112 votes for Hyderabad native our bodies, the BJP has 27 votes, the BRS has 23, the Congress has 13 and the MIM has 49 votes.

The Minister mentioned the Congress stayed out of the competition because it lacked the requisite power. Then, how come the BJP entered the fray with out the required power? This solely exhibits that the BRS, with 23 votes, will assist the BJP candidate. The Congress can by no means assist the BJP and BRS is their solely different to hunt votes. The MIM can also be within the fray and its votes wouldn’t deviate.

Mr. Prabhakar requested the BJP if it desires to encourage cross voting as there was no required power for it to win the election. He additionally mentioned there have been rumours of the BJP State president and Union Minister G. Kishan Reddy sustaining shut relations with the BRS chief Ok. Chandrashekhar Rao.

“Even the BJP MLA Raja Singh has additionally indicated the identical criticising the State BJP unit not being critical. There’s a debate on these traces among the many folks and the political circles additional fuelling the rumours of BJP-BRS tie-up,” he mentioned.

The Minister additionally claimed that within the latest undergraduate elections, the BRS had supported the BJP with a non-binding settlement with out fielding a candidate, and now they’re signing an MoU to offer inside assist to the BJP.