Hyderabad: Mahabubnagar MP D.K. Aruna on Monday criticised the Congress government, accusing it of baseless charges born out of fear for its survival in Telangana after 20 months of alleged failed promises and misgovernance. She dared TPCC chief Mahesh Kumar Goud to stake claim to the Chief Minister’s post before making “empty promises” of 42 per cent reservation for backward classes in the upcoming local body polls.Aruna accused Congress of losing direction and credibility, relying on the “bogus votes” narrative to cling to power. “If you have the guts, expose bogus votes in Telangana. That’s when the real cheats will be revealed. If bogus votes exist, even Congress leaders who won must have relied on fake votes. It’s like a thief crying ‘thief,’” she said. She challenged Congress to clean up voter lists before the elections and recalled that the BJP had raised the issue earlier. Aruna also demanded an investigation into the recent seizure of crores of rupees in cash from a Karnataka Congress minister’s house. Taking a swipe at Mahesh Kumar, she said he appeared “lost, stuck between Revanth Reddy and AICC in-charge Meenakshi Natarajan.” Responding to Congress’s remarks on religion, Aruna asked if speaking of God and Dharma was wrong, rejecting claims that it equated to begging. She warned that such statements hurt public sentiment and mocked Congress as a “copycat party.” She also accused Congress of caste-based politics, challenging its promise of 42 per cent BC reservation while failing to appoint a BC Chief Minister. She urged the implementation of the Kamareddy BC declaration as proof of sincerity. Dismissing Congress’s allegations as “frustration,” she said after 60 years of rule, Congress had lost public trust and was resorting to propaganda against the BJP. Separately, BJP spokesperson N.V. Subash called Congress’s “vote chori” claims a desperate attempt to mask failures. He ridiculed Mahesh Goud’s doubts over BJP leader Bandi Sanjay’s BC status, stressing Sanjay’s rise was based on popular mandate, not bogus votes. Subash highlighted the Supreme Court’s endorsement of the Election Commission’s Special Intensive Revision of voter lists to remove bogus entries.
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