On Friday, Telangana Health and Finance Minister Harish Rao criticized the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-run Center, saying the investigative agencies had become a pocket organization of the party.

Alleging BJP of script conspiracies, Harish Rao said: “Anyone who questions BJP, they are attacked. How correct is it? BJP targets opposition and forgets administration. BJP MPs spoke out yesterday and the day before yesterday saying that the CBI will give opinions. But BJP MPs are not part of the agency. So how can a party leader make a statement on CBI opinions? That does not It’s possible if the CBI gives them information or they both collude and the BJP gives instructions to CBI.”

According to him, investigative agencies only act against opposition leaders and not against BJP leaders.

“So with this, it’s very clear that both of you are conspiring against the opposition in the country. How does the party make this statement, when the investigative agencies are supposed to make the statement? So we can understand from this that the investigative agencies have become a pocket organization of the BJP,” the head of the TRS asserted.

Rao was speaking to reporters in Hyderabad on Friday after new facilities were set up at MNJ Cancer Hospital.

His statement comes after TRS chief and MLC name K Kavitha emerged in the booze scam and there are fears the CBI may include him in the investigation.

The BJP alleged that the new excise policy deal was struck at the Oberoi Hotel in Delhi, where Kejriwal and Sisodia met family members of Telangana Chief Minister KCR.

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