The Telangana Assembly witnessed high drama on Monday as the ruling Congress and Opposition Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) clashed over allegations of objectionable remarks against Speaker Gaddam Prasad Kumar and a confrontation between BRS leaders and police outside the Assembly.
Chief Minister Revanth Reddy strongly condemned the alleged remarks attributed to BRS MLC Tata Madhu against the Speaker and demanded accountability from BRS president K Chandrashekar Rao. He also sought the resignation of the BRS leader accused of making the remarks and demanded action against him. Congress leaders rallied behind the Speaker, with SC legislators meeting Revanth Reddy and urging strict action against Tata Madhu.
“I am demanding that KCR apologise,” Revanth Reddy said during the proceedings. The Chief Minister further said the membership of the legislator responsible for the alleged remarks should be revoked, arguing that such conduct against the presiding officer of the House could not be tolerated.
The controversy came amid a separate confrontation outside the Assembly, where BRS working president KT Rama Rao, former minister T Harish Rao and other party legislators were detained after attempting to enter the premises wearing black T-shirts to protest the Congress government’s 1,000-day rule.
