Hyderabad, Oct. 10 -- Congress leader Balmoor Venkat on Saturday claimed that the Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) staged opportunistic protests in response to the growing momentum of the Congress-led demonstrations in the national capital.

The INDIA bloc protests led by the Congress party seek the sacking of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar.

Speaking to ANI, Venkat noted that Congress workers have been protesting in Delhi for the past four days under the direct leadership of party leader Rahul Gandhi to demand Kumar's resignation.

Terming BRS the "B team" of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Telangana, he alleged that the party is only organising protests after realising the mass scale of the movement across the country.

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