Turmeric water, fake posts and one missing fact
A protest near KCR’s Erravelli farmhouse has become an Assembly fight. The probe has not yet established who did what.
The competing allegations remain under inquiry, with no verified finding available in the material reviewed.
A drum-beating protest near KCR’s Erravelli farmhouse on September 8 has become Telangana politics’ latest evidence-free relay race: turmeric water, alleged caste humiliation, fake accounts and a police probe, all before anyone has produced a finding.
Congress leaders alleged that BRS workers sprinkled turmeric water on the route used by Dalit protesters. Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy raised the issue in the Assembly on September 9 and ordered a comprehensive inquiry, with Hyderabad Joint Commissioner of Police S M Vijay Kumar supervising it. Reports say the chief minister relied in part on a social-media post claiming the area was purified “following the orders of KCR”. [Citations]
BRS leader T Harish Rao rejected that account, alleging that Congress-linked fake accounts manufactured the post and saying the party would approach the police and issue breach-of-privilege notices. The account’s ownership, the authenticity of the post, who sprinkled the water and whether KCR gave any instruction remain unverified. No probe finding, FIR copy or official police statement was available in the material reviewed.
Congress has an allegation. BRS has a counter-allegation. Telangana still has the paperwork pending.