KCR presents videos 'to prove' MLA poaching allegations against BJP

Presenting the four MLAs, who had supposedly thwarted an attempt to buy them out, KCR said he had more than an hour of hidden camera footage that would prove the charges against the BJP.

He played five minutes of the tapes at the news conference.

He scaled up his attack on the BJP and Prime Minister Narendra Modi, alleging that "Delhi brokers" tried to bribe the four MLAs of his Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) party.

The reference was to last week's incident that took place at a farmhouse in Telangana, which has set off a political storm in the state ahead of a key by-poll that was held Thursday in a test for his party as it gears up to go national.

KCR said the videos were evidence that the busted meeting at the farmhouse was a poaching attempt as the brokers mentioned Union Home Minister Amit Shah "20 times", and PM Modi "thrice" and referenced the change in government in Karnataka.

Requesting the judiciary to "save the country", he said he would be sending the videos to top judges of the Supreme Court, High Courts and opposition leaders.

KCR alleged the BJP was trying to topple governments in Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Delhi and Rajasthan.

The BJP has denied allegations of poaching and said it was a drama "scripted, directed and produced" by the Chief Minister.

The BJP has also approached the court and the Election Commission.