HYDERABAD:
Telangana Congress president N Uttam Kumar Reddy on Saturday said Muslims in India could be reduced to second-grade citizens if the Centre goes ahead with implementation of
CAA, NPR and
NRC across the country.
He also took strong objection to police denying senior
Congress members and cadres to take out ‘Save India, save Constitution’ rally from Gandhi Bhavan to Ambedkar statue on Tank Bund.
Tension prevailed at the Congress headquarters here when cops stopped AICC general secretary RC Khuntia, Uttam, CLP leader Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka, former minister Mohammed Ali Shabbir, among others, from taking out the rally coinciding with the 135th foundation day of Congress.
Hundreds of Congress members came on to the road and shouted slogans against chief minister K Chandrasekhar Rao. Vehicular traffic came to a standstill on Moazzam Jahi Market-Lakdikapul stretch.
“Hyderabad police commissioner Anjani Kumar is conducting himself in a manner unbecoming of an IPS officer. He should consider putting KPS (Kalvakuntla police service) as his epaulettes instead of IPS,” Uttam said.
He said they would seek governor Tamilisai Soundararajan’s intervention under section 8 of Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Act-2014 to take action against Anjani Kumar. “What business has police got to arrest Congress members from entering Gandhi Bhavan. All the Congress members who were detained will file complaints against Anjani Kumar ,” Uttam told STOI. He said cops had allowed RSS activists to take out a rally and permitted MIM to hold a public meeting.