Income Tax officials are conducting searches at the residence of Telangana Minister Malla Reddy in Hyderabad. Besides Malla Reddy, IT raids are underway at the properties related to his son Mahender Reddy and his son-in-law Rajsekhar Reddy.
Overall, 50 teams are carrying out searches across the state with the help of central paramilitary forces. Minister Malla Reddy, who runs several educational institutes is the Telangana Labour Minister.
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"People are watching what is happening. Instead of politically facing its opponents, the central government is using the institutions under its control to scare them. We are not the ones to get scared," he said while reacting to IT raids on Malla Reddy and his family members.
"If IT and ED raids happen in a normal course, we don't find any fault but these raids are happening to target. We had anticipated these raids. The chief minister already spoke about this," he said.
The Minister, however, warned the BJP that power is not permanent. "Today you have power in your hands. Tomorrow it may be in our hands. TRS leadership is not scared of the raids. If we are really scared, we would not have remained in Hyderabad," said Srinivas Yadav.
The Minister said the TRS will give a befitting reply to this in a democratic manner. "We will fight it out in people's court," he said.
(With IANS inputs)