The Income Tax Department conducted raids at the residence and offices of Maheswaram Assembly Congress candidate Kicchenagari Laxma Reddy (a) KLRs and Badangpet Mayor Chigirintha Parijatha Narasimha Reddy in Hyderabad on Thursday. The officials searched 10 places including Hyderabad residence of Reddy on Thursday. Following the Income Tax raids, TPCC spokesperson Gouri Satish appealed to the people of Telangana to be aware that the BRS and the BJP are one party.
On IT Raids at the premises of Congress Candidate for upcoming state elections K Lakshma Reddy, TPCC spokesperson Gouri Satish said, "We are appealing to the people of Telangana that they should be aware that the BRS and the BJP is one party... BRS is BJP's back-end party... People of Telangana should be aware now..."
When the I-T searches were underway, party workers staged a protest outside Laxma Reddy's farm house. Congress leaders raised concerns about the raids even before the candidates filed their nominations, citing allegations.
They claimed the raids were carried out in order to mentally harass the Congress candidates.
The I-T sleuths also raided premises of Badangpet Mayor and Congress leader Chigirintha Parijatha Narasimha Reddy since Thursday morning. Six personnel are involved in searching the houses in Balapur. Parijatha is currently in Tirupati while her husband Narasimha Reddy is in Delhi, reported IANS.
During the searches, Narasimha Reddy's mother and daughter were present. Parijantha resigned from BRS and joined the Congress party last year. She is the Mayor of Badangpet, a newly formed municipal corporation on Hyderabad's outskirts.