Hyderabad, Feb. 22 -- Telangana Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president N Ramchander Rao on Sunday, February 22, warned the state Congress government against resorting to "illegal arrests of BJP and Hindu group workers". Rao alleged that the government here arrested 70 to 80 workers in Banswada, which has been the latest communal hotbed in Telangana.

Ramchander Rao stated that the BJP will not tolerate false cases being filed against its workers and Hindus in the state. He claimed that not a single worker of the All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) was arrested, which according to Rao showed "that the state government has become a hostage in the hands of the MIM and it is running exactly as Asaduddin Owaisi dictates".

He questi...