Bandi Sanjay blames TRS govt for PFI footprints in Telangana

HYDERABAD: Alleging that the Popular Front of India (PFI) was conspiring to convert India into an Islamic nation by 2040, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Telangana president Bandi Sanjay on Wednesday held the ruling Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) government responsible for the expansion of the PFI footprints in the state with the support of All India Majlis-e-Ittehad-ul Muslimeen (AIMIM).

Addressing a huge gathering at Nagole Crossroads on the completion of his 100-days of Praja Sangrama Yatra foot march, Sanjay alleged that the PFI activists, known for beheading people of one community in other parts of the country, were conspiring to create terror in Telangana by indulging in bomb explosions.

"The PFI, which is a banned organisation all over the country, is operating with the blessings of the AIMIM leaders in the state and it is the TRS government which is responsible for the expansion of this extremist organisation. Some TRS leaders are patronising the PFI by providing funds to it," he alleged.

Sanjay sought to know why Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao (KCR) was in his slumber till the National Investigation Agency (NIA) conducted raids on the PFI members, who, he said, were operating under the guise of gym instructors and voluntary organisations.

Stating that the BJP would go all out to bring about unity in the society, the BJP state president said that, if given a chance to rule the state, the BJP would make efforts to weed out extremist outfits like the PFI.

Sanjay said Prime Minister Narendra Modi had sanctioned 2,40,000 houses for Telangana, but the chief minister was not interested in constructing the same. "Even if the people voted for the TRS, the local MLAs have not bothered about constructing a single house. Only at the time of elections, KCR talks about pensions, ration cards and double bedroom houses," he said.

He pointed out that the Chief Minister had not replied to even a single letter in which he was asked to disclose how many double bedroom houses were distributed in the state since he came to power and give the details of the beneficiaries. "When we come to power, every eligible person will get a double bedroom house. We shall also expose KCR's bluff," he said.

Bandi Sanjay also alleged that the TRS government, which was not bothered about collecting house taxes and bills for other amenities in the old city of Hyderabad, would force people of other communities to cough up every single rupee in the name of power bills, water bill and house tax.