Over 20 BRS members suspended from Telangana Assembly for remainder of monsoon session
Over 20 members of the Bharat Rashtra Samiti (BRS) were suspended from the Telangana Assembly following a heated protest. The opposition members were demanding a debate over alleged derogatory remarks made by Congress legislators regarding the BRS leadership.
Why it matters
Legislative disruptions and the suspension of opposition members reflect the intense political polarization and ongoing tensions in state-level Indian politics.
Over 20 members of the main Opposition Bharat Rashtra Samiti (BRS) were suspended from the Telangana Assembly for the rest of the monsoon session.
Assembly Speaker G. Prasad Kumar announced the decision following a motion moved by Legislative Affairs Minister D. Sridhar Babu on Wednesday (September 9, 2026). The Minister moved the motion amid din created by the BRS members who thronged the Speaker’s Podium raising slogans “we want justice”.
BRS deputy floor leader T. Harish Rao, its MLAs K.T. Rama Rao, G. Jagdishwar Reddy, P. Kaushik Reddy, Anil Kumar Jadhav, Kova Lakshmi, P. Sabita Indra Reddy, Sunita Lakshma Reddy, Ch. Prabhkar, K. Prabhakar Reddy, K.P. Vivekananda, T. Srinivas Yadav and K. Manik Rao were among those suspended from the House for the remainder of the session.
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