HYDERABAD: Bandi Sanjay Kumar of the Bharatiya Janata Party on Tuesday demanded Chief Minister K. Chandrashekar Rao’s resignation over a fake birth certificate scam in the GHMC, claiming illegal residents from Pakistan and Bangladesh benefitted from it.
Sanjay, in a statement, said illegal residents from Pakistan and Bangladesh made the Old City of Hyderabad their home and received Indian passports using fake documents.
“Every time there is a terrorist-linked incident in the country, it is linked to the Old City. Terrorists are using fake birth certificates to claim citizenship and get Indian passports. The Chief Minister has handed over the Old City to the AIMIM for political gains,” Sanjay said.
The Old City, he said, has become a hub for terrorists. “This is a deliberate ploy by the BRS and AIMIM to create strife and blame the Central government. If KCR is sincere about getting to the bottom of the case, then he must immediately order a CBI inquiry into the scam.”
The issue of more than 27,000 birth certificates, and more than 4,000 death certificates, without any proof, is an extremely alarming finding, Sanjay said, adding: “It is even more disturbing that most of these certificates were issued in the Old City areas. The scandal is evidence of how steeped in corruption the KCR government is. The Chief Minister must own up to moral responsibility for this scandal and resign.”
“Such a large number of fake certificates were found just in raids by the Task Force of the city police. If a full-fledged investigation is conducted, more such incidents will come to light. There must be a comprehensive probe into this issue, as well as into ration and voter ID cards issued in the Old City,” Sanjay said.
Sanjay said that the BJP's GHMC corporators will launch an agitation to ascertain the truth about the scandal.
