he silence of the Telangana government towards the alleged highhanded behaviour legislators and other leaders of Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen in Hyderabad has drawn a lot of criticism from various quarters, but the K Chandrasekhar Rao government is caring a damn for the criticism.
The latest example of MIM legislator Ahmed Balala got the barricades removed on Dabeerpura flyover by his followers, even as the police constables watching the show like mute spectators triggered a debate in the political circles.
The videos of Balala ordering the removal of barricades on the flyover while a constable was watching it helplessly went viral in the social media.
The city police officials later tried to defend the department saying that the police themselves had removed the barricades.
They were obviously are trying to cover the highhandedness of the MIM legislators by taking the burden of lapse on themselves.
The video clearly shows that constable present was talking on his cell phone, probably informing the higher officials, but MLA and his followers without the nod from constable pulled a side the barricades.
“If there were instructions from higher officials, why the constable was not seen extending his hand in removing barricades,” a Congress leader asked. “It clearly showed how the police department is scared and afraid of MIM Party and its leaders in Old City of Hyderabad.”
The Congress leader pointed out that the treatment by the police officials was different in other parts of the state, as they were penalising the people with challans and booking cases on the pretext of lock down violations.
“They do not have any moral right to harass the common man in the name of breaking rules while letting others free under political pressures,” he said.
