Hyderabad: Senior Congress leader Shabbir Ali on Tuesday launched a sharp critique of the Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) and its leadership, accusing them of political hypocrisy and betrayal of the Muslim community.
Addressing a minority meeting at Yousufguda during the Jubilee Hills by-election campaign, Shabbir Ali challenged BRS Working President K.T. Rama Rao (KTR) to justify his remarks about the Congress leader’s exclusion from the Cabinet. “KTR has no moral right to speak about me. The same family that worked to end my career in Kamareddy is now shedding fake sympathy,” he said.
Shabbir Ali challenged BRS Working President K.T. Rama Rao
The Congress leader accused former Chief Minister K. Chandrashekar Rao (KCR) of deliberately contesting from Kamareddy to block him. “I challenge KTR to tell people why KCR entered Kamareddy. His only goal was to silence the voice that fought for 4 per cent Muslim reservation,” he added.
Shabbir Ali slams BRS over Muslim reservation and BJP support
According to Shabbir Ali, KCR’s decision forced the Congress high command to shift him to Nizamabad Urban, proving the former CM’s fear of a strong Congress comeback. He alleged that KCR had also plotted earlier to remove him as Leader of Opposition by engineering defections in the Legislative Council.
“After such actions, BRS talking about sympathy or secularism is pure hypocrisy,” he said. Shabbir Ali charged that BRS supported the BJP on 14 major bills in Parliament while pretending to oppose it in Telangana.
He reminded that KCR promised to raise Muslim reservation to 12 per cent within four months of assuming office but failed to act even after ten years. “During his tenure, 80 per cent of minority colleges were closed,” he said.
Highlighting Congress’s achievements, Shabbir Ali said the 4 per cent reservation created 22 lakh professionals and helped over a thousand Muslim students secure medical seats this year. “Congress built institutions; KCR dismantled them,” he said.
Concluding his address, he urged voters to support the Congress, calling it the only party that consistently fought for education, employment, and dignity of minorities.
