Hyderabad, Jan. 20 -- Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) leader Mahmood Ali on Tuesday accused the Telangana government of using the ongoing phone-tapping case against former minister T Harish Rao to divert public attention ahead of municipal elections.

Speaking to ANI, the BRS leader said, "Municipal elections are coming up. This is to divert the public's attention. The Congress government, in particular, had made many promises before the elections. They gave many guarantees, but did not act on any of them. Now that the time has come to face the public, they are making these allegations to divert attention. We strongly condemn this and are fully confident that we will receive relief from the law."

The statement comes after BRS Working Presid...