The unusual decision of the Telangana Rashtra Samithi to abstain from voting in Rajya Sabha during passage of voting on the controversial triple talaq bill on Tuesday gave a strong weapon to its political rivals, particularly the Congress party.

The Congress has alleged that the TRS had already proved a secret partner of the Bharatiya Janata Party by supporting another controversial bill amending the Right to Information Act.

“Now, by abstaining from voting in Rajya Sabha on the triple talaq bill, it is clearly proved that the TRS is hand in glove with the BJP,” the Congress said.

Telangana Congress party’s minorities’ wing leader Sameer Walilullah on Wednesdy accused the TRS of betraying the Muslim community on Triple Talaq Bill issue. He demanded that all Muslim leaders in TRS should immediately resign from their posts.

“Muslims of Telangana have trusted TRS president and chief minister K Chandrasekhar Rao and voted for his party in the two assembly elections. They believed his claims that the TRS was a secular and anti-BJP party. Despite being warned by Congress party that TRS was a B-Team of BJP, they voted in favour of TRS candidates in general elections. However, TRS has betrayed the Muslims by supporting the BJP Government in passing the Triple Talaq Bill in Rajya Sabha by abstaining from voting,” Sameer said.

Sameer alleged that CM KCR first cheated the Muslims on the promise of giving 12% reservation in jobs and education.

“Originally, KCR had promised to implement 12% quota within four months after coming to power. But the promise remained unimplemented even after six years,” he said.

He further said that KCR and other TRS leaders have been wearing a mask of secularism for the last six years so as to hide their real anti-Muslim face. But now that mask has been removed.

“It now proved beyond doubt that TRS and BJP were in a ‘living relationship’ with both supporting each other,” he alleged.