On Thursday, K T Rama Rao, a BRS leader and Telangana IT Minister, launched a scathing attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the BJP-led Centre. He accused them of engaging in crony capitalism and misusing agencies like the Enforcement Directorate to harass opposition leaders. Rama Rao, popularly known as KTR, further alleged that the central agencies have become puppets in the hands of the Modi government and that several BRS leaders have been targeted by the Centre. KTR, who is the son of Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao, called the summons issued by the ED to his sister and BRS MLC K Kavitha in connection with a money laundering case linked to alleged irregularities in the Delhi excise policy "not ED summons but Modi summons." He also alleged that the NDA government has become synonymous with unscrupulous rule and dishonest investigation agencies. KTR further claimed that industrialist Gautam Adani has a connection to Prime Minister Modi. While MLC
