KCR tells leaders not to panic over raids, calls it ‘poachgate’ retaliation
Deccan ChronicleHYDERABAD: Chief Minister K. Chandrashekar Rao is learnt to have told his party members that the ongoing raids on TRS leaders by central agencies were at the behest of the “Delhi rulers” to harass the TRS in retaliation to the pink party exposing the BJP’s attempt to poach its MLAs, sources said. He cited raids on ministers Gangula Kamalakar, Talasani Srinivas Yadav's family members and Rajya Sabha member Vaddiraju Ravichandra over the past few days as attempts to harass TRS. The CM is learnt to have spoken to a few ministers, party MLAs and senior leaders over the phone from Pragathi Bhavan on Tuesday in the wake of I-T raids on residences and educational institutions of labour minister Chamakura Malla Reddy and his family members. The I-T raids on Malla Reddy and his family members on Tuesday created panic among TRS circles.