The Telangana Rashtra Samithi or TRS has sought disqualification of the BJP candidate for the upcoming Munugode bypoll, Komatireddy Rajagopal Reddy, alleging that he switched over to the party after getting a coal mining contract worth Rs 18,000 crore.
Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao-led TRS has alleged that Komatireddy Rajagopal Reddy, who was the sitting Congress MLA from Munugode, joined the BJP after his family-owned company got a Rs 18,000 crore contract from the central government.
Mr Reddy quit the Congress in August to join the BJP, necessitating the November 3 bypoll.
A party delegation called on Chief Electoral Officer Vikas Raj yesterday and submitted a representation, demanding Mr Reddy's disqualification.
In a letter to the Chief Electoral Officer, TRS Legislators said that Komatireddy Rajagopal Reddy had admitted during a TV interview that he received the coal mining contract when he was with the Congress.
In a recent TV interview, Rajagopal Reddy said that he had expressed his intent to join the BJP three years ago, but he got the contract recently. He said his political decision to join the BJP had nothing to do with his business.
TRS working president KT Rama Rao or KTR on Saturday tweeted the video clip and said, "Quid pro Quo - open confession of the BJP MLA candidate from Munugode. His company gets a massive Rs. 18,000 Crore contract from and in return he joins BJP. Likely that his brother, Congress MP might follow in his footsteps."
Quid pro Quo - open confession of the BJP MLA candidate from Munugodu
