Amid the row over Allu Arjun's arrest in the December 4 stampede case, Bharatiya Janata Party leader Shehzad Poonawalla alleged that the man who threw stones and vandalized the Pushpa 2 actor's Hyderabad residence was a close associate of the Telangana chief minister Revanth Reddy.
Poonawalla further alleged that Congress was indulging in "vendetta politics" to take revenge on the actor for not campaigning for the party. Speaking to ANI, Poonawalla said, "The person who threw stones at Allu Arjun's house has turned out to be a close associate of the CM Revanth Reddy and a member of the Kodangal Youth Congress.
This makes it clear that Congress is suffering from vendetta politics and is working with an emergency mentality. They are taking revenge on Allu Arjun for not campaigning for Congress."
Poonawalla further assailed the Congress party over what he called "a pattern of revenge against those who do not align with the party's interests, a tactic reminiscent of the Emergency years.".
"They had also banned Kishore Kumar's songs and tortured several other actors. They have been arresting journalists and social activists. Crime in Telangana has increased but they want to take revenge on someone for not campaigning for them," Poonawalla further added.
Besides Poonawalla, BJP's Pradeep Bhandari too slammed the Telangana CM for the vandalism at Allu Arjun's Jubilee Hills residence, claiming that he was responsible for "state-sponsored violence" against the actor.
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