Ruling party unveiled drama of BRS MLC’s remarks against Speaker to divert people’s attention: KTR
BRS leader K.T. Rama Rao accused the ruling Congress government of staging a drama to divert attention from alleged police misconduct against opposition women legislators. The BRS party has threatened a no-confidence motion against the Speaker.
Why it matters
Illustrates the volatile state of legislative proceedings and the breakdown of communication between the ruling party and the opposition in Telangana.
Working president of Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) K.T. Rama Rao alleged that Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy has unveiled the drama of BRS MLCs’ comments against the Speaker as part of his plan to divert people’s attention from his government’s excesses on women legislators of the Opposition.
Speaking to newspersons here on Monday, he said the BRS legislators went to the Assembly wearing black-coloured t-shirts with slogans on the unkept promises of the Congress government. “We did not use any unparliamentary or objectionable language on the T shirts. When Congress leaders Rahul Gandhi, Priyanka Gandhi wore black T-shirts in the Parliament premises why can’t we,” he asked.
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