"Revanth Reddy orchestrating state-sponsored attack on Allu Arjun": BJP leader Pradeep Bhandari

New Delhi [India], December 24 (ANI): Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) spokesperson Pradeep Bhandari on Tuesday attacked Telangana Chief Minister Revanth Reddy for the vandalism at Allu Arjun's Jubilee Hills residence, accusing him of orchestrating state-sponsored violence against the actor.
He alleged that the attack was done as Chief Minister Revanth Reddy was rattled because Allu Arjun had not toed the line of the Congress Party and was not working as per the whims and the fancies of the Party.
Speaking to ANI, BJP spokesperson Pradeep Bhandari said, "Revanth Reddy is orchestrating a state-sponsored violence and state-sponsored attack on Allu Arjun. He is completely rattled because a neutral star who believes in free speech is loved by the people of Telangana and has not toed the line of the Congress Party is not working as per the whims and the fancies of the Congress Party."
"This is the Emergency thinking of the Congress Party which is common in Jawaharlal Nehru who banned and jailed Madru Sultanpuri. Indira Gandhi stopped the songs of Kishore Kumar and now Revanth Reddy is ensuring that his goons attack Allu Arjun. Congress Party does not believe in free speech," he said.
Allu Arjun's residence was attacked on December 22 by a group of people demanding justice for the death of a woman, identified as Revathi, in the Sandhya Theatre tragedy.
As per DCP West Zone, Hyderabad, on December 22, some persons holding placards in their hands suddenly rushed to the residence of actor Allu Arjun and started sloganeering and one of them mounted the compound and started throwing tomatoes. They climbed down the wall, manhandled the security staff and damaged some flower pots kept along the ramp. 6 persons were taken into custody, who claimed to be part of the Osmania University Joint Action Committee (OU-JAC).
The six accused who vandalised actor Allu Arjun's residence in Jubilee Hills were granted bail on Monday.
Earlier, 'Pushpa 2' producers, Naveen Yerneni and Ravi Shankar, handed over Rs 50 lakh cheque to the victim woman's family in the presence of Telangana Minister for Roads & Buildings and Cinematography, Komatireddy Venkat Reddy, at KIMS Hospital, Hyderabad. The cheque was received by Revathi's husband, the father of Sri Tej, who is undergoing treatment at the hospital.
The incident has also sparked political controversy. Telangana Chief Minister Revanth Reddy blamed Allu Arjun for the tragedy, saying in the Assembly that police had denied permission for any event at Sandhya Theatre due to safety concerns.
The actor dismissed allegations of misconduct, describing them as an attempt at "character assassination." (ANI)