Karimnagar, Feb. 5 -- Telangana Chief Minister Revanth Reddy on Thursday launched a sharp attack on the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), accusing it of colluding with the Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) and shielding its leaders from corruption cases in exchange for political and financial benefits.

Addressing a gathering in Karimnagar on Thursday, Reddy alleged that the BJP was protecting BRS leaders involved in corruption by collecting "protection money".

"You (BJP) are protecting BRS leaders who resorted to corruption and collecting protection money from them. You are collecting money from them to protect them," Revanth Reddy said.

Referring to the alleged Kaleshwaram irrigation project scam, the Chief Minister challenged the BJP to demon...