HC Plea seeks action against KCR for derogatory speech against Congress

Hyderabad: Dr Balmoori Venkat Narsing Rao, NSUI, President Telangana State, a staunch supporter of the Congress party has filed a writ petition in the Telangana High Court on Tuesday seeking a direction to the Election Commission of India (ECI), New Delhi and the chief electoral officer (CEO), Telangana State to initiate action against chief minister K Chandrashekar Rao under the provisions of the Representatives of Peoples Act, 1951 for making defamatory speech and provoking comments against the Congress party leaders and workers in a public meeting held at BRS Praja Ashirvada Sabha in Banswada Constituency on October 30 this year.

The petitioner said that it is upset by the inaction of the CEO, not taking action against the chief minister, despite the fact that a complaint was lodged with the CEO on November 3.

The petitioner alleged that the CM has violated the model code of conduct by saying that the Congress party and its workers are ‘helpless fools, idiots who cannot work and have no guts to face the elections in the Telangana State.’ The petitioner further argued that the speech made by CM KCR falls under the category of ‘hate speech and may instigate ostracism, segregation, discrimination in the society, which may lead to violence in the state.’

The ECI, Telangana CEO and CM KCR are the respondents in the petition and it may come up for hearing before a Single Bench within a day or two.