Hyderabad, Aug 1 (PTI) Members of the BRS held a protest in Telangana Assembly on Thursday demanding apology from Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy over his alleged insulting remarks against women members of the opposition party.
Hitting back at the opposition party, Revanth Reddy said he always respected women and sisters.
As soon as the house commenced business, the BRS MLAs wearing black badges rose and started raising slogans.
The members entered the well of the House and indulged in sloganeering during a discussion on a bill for setting up skill universities in the state.
Despite repeated requests by Speaker G Prasad Kumar and the treasury benches to return to their seats, the BRS legislators continued their agitation.
AIMIM floor leader Akbaruddin Owaisi asked the speaker to either give the BRS members a chance to speak or suspend them so that the House would be in order.
“You have to face them or have the courage to suspend them. If you don’t have the courage, you give them the mike,” he said.
After BRS MLA Harish Rao made a favourable statement on the skill university and the Supreme Court’s verdict on empowering states to make sub-classifications of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes, the party walked out and staged a dharna in front of the CM’s chambers in the Assembly.
Later, they were evicted by the marshals, who carried BRS leader K T Rama Rao and others out of the assembly.
The opposition party also called for statewide protests on Thursday against the CM’s comments.
Later, the CM found fault with the BRS for not participating in the debate on the skill university.
He also castigated the opposition party alleging that it is circulating objectionable pictures and post on social media on Minister Dansari Anasuya Seethakka “If I show you that (objectionable) video (of Seethakka), you will hit them with footwear,” Revanth Reddy told the Speaker.
Asserting that he always respected women, Reddy alleged that the BRS reached an understanding with Delhi after its MLC Kavitha was arrested.
The Congress and BRS were engaged in a war of words in and outside the Assembly on Wednesday with BRS taking exception to Chief Minister Revanth Reddy's remarks in the House on MLA P Sabita Indra Reddy quitting Congress and joining the regional party in 2019 after 'promising' to support his candidature in the Lok Sabha elections.
Deputy Chief Minister Bhatti Vikramarka had criticised Sabita Reddy for quitting Congress and joining BRS despite being a minister in previous Congress regime for 10 years. PTI GDK ROH
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BRS protests in T''gana assembly seeking apology from CM over comments on women MLAs
Hyderabad, Aug 1 (PTI) Members of the BRS held a protest in Telangana Assembly on Thursday demanding apology from Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy over his alleged insulting remarks against women members of the opposition party.
Hitting back at the opposition party, Revanth Reddy said he always respected women and sisters.
As soon as the house commenced business, the BRS MLAs wearing black badges rose and started raising slogans.
The members entered the well of the House and indulged in sloganeering during a discussion on a bill for setting up skill universities in the state.
Despite repeated requests by Speaker G Prasad Kumar and the treasury benches to return to their seats, the BRS legislators continued their agitation.
AIMIM floor leader Akbaruddin Owaisi asked the speaker to either give the BRS members a chance to speak or suspend them so that the House would be in order.
“You have to face them or have the courage to suspend them. If you don’t have the courage, you give them the mike,” he said.
After BRS MLA Harish Rao made a favourable statement on the skill university and the Supreme Court’s verdict on empowering states to make sub-classifications of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes, the party walked out and staged a dharna in front of the CM’s chambers in the Assembly.
Later, they were evicted by the marshals, who carried BRS leader K T Rama Rao and others out of the assembly.
The opposition party also called for statewide protests on Thursday against the CM’s comments.
Later, the CM found fault with the BRS for not participating in the debate on the skill university.
He also castigated the opposition party alleging that it is circulating objectionable pictures and post on social media on Minister Dansari Anasuya Seethakka “If I show you that (objectionable) video (of Seethakka), you will hit them with footwear,” Revanth Reddy told the Speaker.
Asserting that he always respected women, Reddy alleged that the BRS reached an understanding with Delhi after its MLC Kavitha was arrested.
The Congress and BRS were engaged in a war of words in and outside the Assembly on Wednesday with BRS taking exception to Chief Minister Revanth Reddy's remarks in the House on MLA P Sabita Indra Reddy quitting Congress and joining the regional party in 2019 after 'promising' to support his candidature in the Lok Sabha elections.
Deputy Chief Minister Bhatti Vikramarka had criticised Sabita Reddy for quitting Congress and joining BRS despite being a minister in previous Congress regime for 10 years. PTI GDK ROH