Cong adopting BJP’s ‘bulldozer policy’ in T: Harish

Hyderabad: Former minister T Harish Rao has urged Congress leader Rahul Gandhi to advice his party chief minister A Revanth Reddy to uphold the rule of law and follow the principles of natural justice in the Musi river project issue.

In a letter to Rahul Gandhi on Monday, he alleged that the Congress govt, without conducting adequate surveys before demolition, and in spite of a recent Supreme Court verdict, was adopting bulldozer tactics without following proper procedural guidelines.

“The anti-constitutional actions of the Telangana Congress govt, which has trampled humanity and justice under the bulldozer, have now been exposed before the country. Telangana High Court’s observations with respect to the Musi riverfront and HYDRAA issues are a stark reminder of this. The bulldozer has become a symbol of your CM Revanth Reddy’s ‘unbridled power,’ continuously undermining civil rights with arrogance,” he said in his letter.

The bulldozer, which was being used to establish a ‘rule of fear’ under the pretence of the HYDRAA and Musi riverfront projects, was targeting the homes of poor and middle class families who have lived in these areas for decades, with all legal documentation in place. This ‘bulldozer policy’ has become the face of the Telangana Congress govt’s cruelty, he added.

While BJP has misused bulldozers against the poor and middle class in Uttar Pradesh, Delhi, Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat, Assam, and Maharashtra, Congress appears to be following their lead in Telangana, Harish Rao said.

Courtesy : TOI

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