New Delhi: Hours when AIMIM President Asaduddin Owaisi suspect the Congress candidate Alleti Maheshwar Reddy of giving Rs. twenty-five lakhs as “party fund” to cancel his rally in Nirmal, the latter has denied the charge.
Holding a news conference Reddy aforementioned that he ne’er spoke to Owaisi and suspect him of making a sensation. “He aforementioned I offered Rs twenty-five lakhs. however am I able to supply twenty-five lakhs to a person United Nations agency has thousands of large integer of money?” Reddy aforementioned. The Congress leader conjointly aforementioned that he’s able to quit politics if Owaisi proves it.
Addressing a public meeting organized by his party in Nirmal on Monday night, Owaisi alleged that Reddy referred to as Associate in Nursing AIMIM leader on phone and offered to pay Rs twenty-five hundred thousand as a bribe to prevent him from holding the meeting. He conjointly claimed to possess recorded the speech communication.
In Delhi, Congress advocator Abhishek Singhvi aforementioned Owaisi shouldn’t be taken seriously and charged him of getting a “gathbandhan” with the BJP.
The AIMIM is on friendly terms with K Chandrashekar Rao’s TRS and has not fielded its candidate in Nirmal Assembly seat. The party has conjointly organized the meeting in support of the ruling party candidate tho’ there was no formal electoral tie-up between the 2 parties for december 7th Assembly elections.
The AIMIM is ready to contest eight seats in Hyderabad whereas the TRS goes alone within the polls to the 119-member assembly. The Congress is heading a ‘grand alliance’ of TDP, CPI and TJS have declared candidates for ninety-four segments.