<p class="title rtejustify">The Income Tax Department is conducting searches at the residences of Telangana Congress Working president A Revanth Reddy here Thursday.</p>.<p class="bodytext rtejustify">The Congress party condemned the raids and termed it as "political vendetta" by the ruling TRS in the state and the BJP at the Centre.</p>.<p class="bodytext rtejustify">A senior official of the I-T Department confirmed the searches but did not reveal details such as what triggered the raids.</p>.<p class="bodytext rtejustify">Calls made to Revanth Reddy for his reaction went unanswered.</p>.<p class="bodytext rtejustify">Reddy was appointed as one of the Working Presidents of Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee recently.</p>.<p class="bodytext rtejustify">Jubilee Hills police inspector P Chandra Shekar told PTI they deployed police force near Reddy's residence to avoid any untoward incident.</p>.<p class="bodytext rtejustify">The city police had earlier issued notice to the Congress leader and former MLA seeking his appearance as part of investigations in a case relating to alleged irregularities committed by office-bearers of a Co-operative Housing Society in 2004.</p>.<p class="bodytext rtejustify">Describing the I-T searches as "politically motivated", TPCC president Uttam Kumar Reddy tweeted that the TRS and BJP were hand in glove.</p>.<p class="bodytext rtejustify">"IT & ED raids at @INCTelangana Working President @revanth_anumulas house is pure political vendetta to demoralise our strong MLAs. The people will teach KCR a lesson for being hand in glove with the BJP and the Central govt. I severely condemn these politically motivated raids," he tweeted.</p>.<p class="bodytext rtejustify">On May 31, 2015, Revanth Reddy, then in Telugu Desam Party, was caught by Anti-Corruption Bureau while allegedly paying a bribe of Rs 50 lakh to Elvis Stephenson, a nominated MLA, for supporting TDP nominee Vem Narendar Reddy in Legislative Council elections held on June 1, 2015.</p>.<p class="bodytext rtejustify">"First it was @JaggaReddyT & now @revanth_anumula, this is a clear sign of KCRs cowardice. He has no capacity to take on any of our leaders & hence resorts to these backdoor moves. @INCTelangana will be united in its fight to rid Telangana soon of his autocratic & whimsical rule," the TPCC president said in another tweet.</p>
<p class="title rtejustify">The Income Tax Department is conducting searches at the residences of Telangana Congress Working president A Revanth Reddy here Thursday.</p>.<p class="bodytext rtejustify">The Congress party condemned the raids and termed it as "political vendetta" by the ruling TRS in the state and the BJP at the Centre.</p>.<p class="bodytext rtejustify">A senior official of the I-T Department confirmed the searches but did not reveal details such as what triggered the raids.</p>.<p class="bodytext rtejustify">Calls made to Revanth Reddy for his reaction went unanswered.</p>.<p class="bodytext rtejustify">Reddy was appointed as one of the Working Presidents of Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee recently.</p>.<p class="bodytext rtejustify">Jubilee Hills police inspector P Chandra Shekar told PTI they deployed police force near Reddy's residence to avoid any untoward incident.</p>.<p class="bodytext rtejustify">The city police had earlier issued notice to the Congress leader and former MLA seeking his appearance as part of investigations in a case relating to alleged irregularities committed by office-bearers of a Co-operative Housing Society in 2004.</p>.<p class="bodytext rtejustify">Describing the I-T searches as "politically motivated", TPCC president Uttam Kumar Reddy tweeted that the TRS and BJP were hand in glove.</p>.<p class="bodytext rtejustify">"IT & ED raids at @INCTelangana Working President @revanth_anumulas house is pure political vendetta to demoralise our strong MLAs. The people will teach KCR a lesson for being hand in glove with the BJP and the Central govt. I severely condemn these politically motivated raids," he tweeted.</p>.<p class="bodytext rtejustify">On May 31, 2015, Revanth Reddy, then in Telugu Desam Party, was caught by Anti-Corruption Bureau while allegedly paying a bribe of Rs 50 lakh to Elvis Stephenson, a nominated MLA, for supporting TDP nominee Vem Narendar Reddy in Legislative Council elections held on June 1, 2015.</p>.<p class="bodytext rtejustify">"First it was @JaggaReddyT & now @revanth_anumula, this is a clear sign of KCRs cowardice. He has no capacity to take on any of our leaders & hence resorts to these backdoor moves. @INCTelangana will be united in its fight to rid Telangana soon of his autocratic & whimsical rule," the TPCC president said in another tweet.</p>