Komatireddy Rajgopal Reddy filed his nomination for the November 3 Munugode Bypoll. He filed his nomination amidst more than 40,000 party flag-waving supporters. The supporters gathered near the office of the tehsildar in support of him He submitted his nomination papers on Thursday.
After filing his nomination papers, Rajgopal Reddy remarked that “The presence of thousands of people showed just how vexed the people were with the administration of CM KCR.
Rajgopal Reddy’s day began with prayers. He then led the large rally from Munugode to Chundur. “I have prayed that people of the state take the steps to rid Telangana of the autocratic rule of Chief Minister K. Chandrashekar Rao. I took the decision to resign and join the BJP for the people of Munugode and they will take the right decision,” he said as he set off in the rally to Chundur
Reacting to the allegations meted out by TRS, of “criminal quid pro quö” of receiving a `Rs 18,000 crore contract to quit the Assembly and contest on a BJP ticket, Rajgopal Reddy said, “This election is not for me but for the future of Telangana. The TRS has been trying to spread falsehood about me for the past two months but people have seen through those lies.”
Rajgopal Reddy continued, “My pujas are not like the ones of KCR,” alluding to the ongoing argument between BJP and TRS officials over the Chief Minister’s allegedly tantric rites.
At the rally, Rajgopal Reddy was accompanied by state BJP president Bandi Sanjay Kumar, Union minister G. Kishan Reddy, party’s national general secretaries Tarun Chugh and Sunil Bansal, secretary Arvind Menon, campaign steering committee chairman G. Vivek Venkatswamy, party MLAs Etela Rajender and M. Raghunandan Rao.
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