Telangana Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy has alleged that a “purification” programme was carried out near BRS chief K Chandrasekhar Rao’s farmhouse after Congress workers and Dalit activists staged a protest there, calling the alleged act an insult to Dalits.
Telangana Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy on Wednesday announced a comprehensive probe into the alleged abuse of Assembly Speaker G Prasad Kumar, clashes involving BRS MLAs and police personnel, and other incidents linked to the violence reported on September 6.
Telangana Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy has announced that the state government ordered a comprehensive probe into the series of incidents, including abusing the Assembly Speaker G Prasad Kumar, the BRS MLAs' clash with the police and other incidents as part of the conspiracy hatch
Referring to the Haldwani 'purification' controversy involving Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge and the alleged derogatory remarks against Assembly Speaker Gaddam Prasad Kumar, Revanth Reddy said such incidents should not be viewed merely as insults to individuals.
Suspended leaders include, BRS working president KT Rama Rao, deputy leader in the House T Harish Rao along with MLAs Anil Jadhav, G Jagdish Reddy, Kaushik Reddy, Madhavaram Krishna Rao, Kova Lakshmi, Manik Rao, Chinta Prabhakar, Kotha Prabhakar Reddy, Prashanth Reddy, Marri Rajshekhar Re
Speaking to ANI, Congress MLA Yennam Srinivas Reddy alleged that the strategy to stall the House was masterminded by BRS supremo K Chandrashekar Rao (KCR) from his farmhouse.
Addressing a press conference, KT Rama Rao alleged that BRS’ women legislators were attacked. He also reiterated the party’s allegations of an attack on the Leader of Opposition, K Chandrashekhar Rao’s residence.
BRS working president KT Rama Rao, along with the party’s MLAs suspended from the Assembly for the remainder of the session and MLCs, met Telangana Governor Shiv Pratap Shukla at Lok Bhawan on Wednesday.
Telangana Assembly Speaker Gaddam Prasad Kumar on Wednesday suspended over 20 BRS MLAs for the remainder of the Monsoon Session for allegedly disrupting the House and raising slogans.
Venkat alleged that the BRS was behaving in an “anti-Dalit” manner and criticised the party for allegedly trying to protect KCR over derogatory remarks made against a Dalit Speaker. He said KCR should have responded and apologised
Talking to reporters KT Rama Rao said, "We will meet the Governor... But the plain fact is that we are neither allowed to enter the Assembly nor permitted to go to our homes. We will talk at length about the current atmosphere in the state. We will discuss this at Lok Bhawan."