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BJP accuses KCR of undertaking "Operation MIM Appeasement"

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BJP accuses KCR of undertaking
BJP accuses KCR of undertaking "Operation MIM Appeasement"

The Bharatiya Janata Party on Thursday strongly condemned the non-celebration of Hyderabad Liberation Day by the Telangana Government on September 17.

Speaking after releasing a CD "CM KCR - Double Speak: Operation MIM Appeasement" at the State BJP office here, Telangana BJP President G Kishan Reddy alleged that Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao did not celebrate the Hyderabad Liberation Day at the official level only to please the Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen. He also shared the video clips of KCR's speech delivered on August 23, 2010, wherein he objected to the non-celebration of Liberation Day at the officials. He even exhorted the Congress MLAs from Telangana region to pressurise the then Chief Minister K Rosaiah for the official celebrations. He asked as to why KCR has changed his stand on the issue.

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Kishan Reddy alleged that as part of "Operation MIM Appeasement", KCR was providing unconstitutional reservations to Muslims, extravagance to Sania Mirza only, named the Metro Rail mascot as NIZ, making attempts to change the KBR Park name after Nizam and undermined the historic day of September 17.  He contended that September 17 was the "real Independence Day" for Telangana wherein people were liberated from the "oppressive" Nizam's rule and Razakars' atrocities. He also described Nizam as a foreign ruler. However, he claimed that people of all religions fought for independence.

The Telangana BJP chief announced that his party would create awareness among the people across the Telangana State. He strongly condemned the arrest of BJP workers at Golconda Fort and lathicharge on party activities in other districts when they tried to celebrate the occasion. He also condemned the reported remarks of Home Minister Nayani Narasimha Reddy made on September 17 praising Nizam for giving accent to merge Hyderabad State with Indian Union.

BJP MLAs Dr K Lakshman, NVSS Prabhakar and Chintala Ramchandra Reddy, MLC Dilip Kumar, National Executive Committee member N Indrasena Reddy and other leaders were also present in the press conference.