Twenty two BRS legislators were on Wednesday suspended from the Telangana Assembly for the remainder of the monsoon session after they disrupted the proceedings of the House by raising slogans and entering the well of the House.
BRS Working President K T Rama Rao gave an adjournment motion seeking debate on the alleged high-handedness of police against the party’s women MLAs two days ago (when police stopped BRS MLAs at the assembly gate) and the alleged comments of some ruling Congress members wishing death of BRS chief K Chandrasekhar Rao. The BRS members refused to return to their seats despite repeated pleas by Speaker Gaddam Prasad Kumar, Deputy Chief Minister Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka and Legislative Affairs Minister D Sridhar Babu. “We are not here to bear any more humiliation and insult. It’s a question of self-respect. Come what may, let’s stand for the self-respect of the individuals of the house and the society.
Referring to media reports that BRS leaders carried out a purification by sprinkling turmeric water near KCR’s farmhouse at Erravelly near here where Congress workers and Dalit activists held a protest on September 8 against BRS MLC Tata Madhusudhan’s alleged abusive remarks against Speaker Prasad Kumar, he sought to know how long the BRS would insult the Dalits. Earlier reporting noted: 22 BRS MLAs suspended from Telangana assembly for remainder of monsoon session Party working president KT Rama Rao and former minister T Harish Rao.
The Speaker said he will examine if the BRS members submitted their demands in writing to him. Vikramarka said he and other Congress leaders wished Chandrasekhar Rao a healthy and long life and a long career in public service. He said the members should express their views from their seats and not behave in an intimading and aggressive manner. More so, we cannot accept insult to you who is the Speaker,” he said.
Earlier reporting noted: HYDERABAD: Twenty-two BRS MLAs, including party working president KT Rama Rao and former minister T Harish Rao, were suspended from the Telangana Assembly for the rest of the session on Tuesday following protests over the alleged mistreatment of women members by police. Earlier reporting noted: The issue resurfaced in the House on Wednesday, with minister Adluri Laxman objecting to the ‘purification’ of the area outside BRS president K Chandrasekhar Rao’s farmhouse at Erravalli in Siddipet district, where SC groups had staged a protest a day earlier.
