Black T-Shirts, a Tearful Speaker and Two Arrests: Telangana Congress-BRS Battle Takes Dramatic Turn
Police said the two Bharat Rashtra Samithi legislators were booked under the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act after a complaint over the remarks.
- On Tuesday, Hyderabad Police arrested BRS MLCs Tata Madhu and Naveen Kumar Reddy for allegedly making derogatory remarks against Telangana Legislative Assembly Speaker Gaddam Prasad Kumar during Monday's Assembly proceedings.
- The arrests stem from Monday's protest, when BRS legislators attempted to enter the Assembly wearing black T-shirts with "objectionable" content, resulting in a scuffle with police and security staff.
- Authorities registered the case under the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes Act, alleging the MLCs intentionally insulted the Speaker, who belongs to the Scheduled Caste community.
- Telangana Chief Minister Revanth Reddy urged Legislative Council Chairman Gutha Sukhender Reddy to disqualify Madhusudan, while the BRS condemned the arrests as politically motivated targeting of its leaders.
- Police moved the two MLCs to Saifabad Police Station for questioning, as investigators examine statements and material related to the alleged verbal tirade and physical scuffle during the protest.
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BRS MLCs Tata Madhu and Naveen Kumar Reddy were arrested after a row over alleged remarks against Telangana Assembly Speaker Gaddam Prasad Kumar. The BRS has accused the Revanth Reddy government of authoritarianism.
BRS MLC Tata Madhu arrested over abusive remarks against Speaker Gaddam Prasad Kumar
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“Congress resorted to thuggery”: BRS accuses Revanth Reddy Govt of ‘authoritarian rule’ over ‘illegal arrest’ of MLCs Tata Madhu, Naveen Reddy
“Is this democracy?... Or authoritarian rule? Police, acting on Revanth Reddy's orders, illegally arrested BRS MLCs Tata Madhu and Naveen Reddy. Under the guise of people's governance.. The tyrannical Congress government has resorted to thuggery against public representatives who are holding the government accountable on people's issues,” the BRS said.
BRS MLC Tata Madhu arrested over alleged remarks against Telangana Speaker
BRS MLC Tata Madhu was arrested by Saifabad Police for alleged derogatory remarks. The case involves accusations of insulting Telangana Assembly Speaker Gaddam Prasad Kumar. Police registered the complaint under relevant sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and SC/ST Act. The alleged incident occurred during an Assembly session in the presence of media and staff. Tata Madhu denied insulting the Speaker, stating comments were directed at polic…
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