BRS silent on SIR due to tacit understanding with BJP, alleges Mahesh Goud

B. Mahesh Kumar Goud, president of the Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee, raised concerns about the Bharatiya Rashtra Samithi's (BRS) silence on the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls. At a news conference, Goud questioned why BRS leaders, including party president K. Chandrasekhar Rao and others, had not spoken out against the decision by the Election Commission of India.

He alleged that BRS was not criticizing the BJP due to a tacit understanding, and feared that the Centre might investigate their wealth, particularly that of K.T. Rama Rao, one of the party's leaders. Goud also pointed out that 90 lakh votes in the state were being removed under various grounds and warned that the Congress party would fight for the right to vote of every eligible citizen.

He compared the current situation with electoral processes in West Bengal and Bihar, where opposition parties were facing difficulties in winning elections. Goud criticized the BRS leadership for avoiding the SIR issue, suggesting that the Centre might probe their wealth. He drew parallels with the tenures of former Chief Election Commissioners T.N.

Seshan, J.M. Lyngdoh, and T.S. Krishnamurthy, whom he described as periods of fair electoral exercises.