BRS moves breach of privilege notice against Revanth Reddy over KCR allegations
The Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) on Thursday submitted a breach of privilege notice against Telangana Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy, alleging that he made false and misleading allegations against BRS president K Chandrasekhar Rao in the Assembly.
BRS MLAs G Mahipal Reddy and B Laxma Reddy handed over the notice, addressed to the Speaker, to Assembly Secretary R Tirupati, according to a party press release.
The BRS said Revanth Reddy, during his Assembly speech on September 9, cited a social media post claiming that a purification programme was conducted near Chandrasekhar Rao's farmhouse after Congress workers and Dalit activists held a protest there on the BRS president's orders.
The BRS alleged that the social media account was fake and claimed it was operated by the Congress IT Cell. It urged the Speaker to take action against Revanth Reddy for allegedly displaying fake documents and making misleading statements in the House.
Separately, BRS leader R S Praveen Kumar submitted a complaint to the cybercrime police seeking registration of an FIR against the operator of the social media account for allegedly spreading false and inflammatory content and defaming Chandrasekhar Rao.
The BRS also stepped up its allegations over police action against its women legislators. BRS MLAs P Sabita Indra Reddy and V Sunita Laxma Reddy, along with other party leaders, lodged a complaint with the police alleging high-handedness by police personnel when they were stopped at the Assembly gates on September 7.
The party said its MLAs would approach the National Commission for Women and the National Human Rights Commission over the alleged police action against its women legislators.
Meanwhile, Revanth Reddy on Wednesday accused Chandrasekhar Rao of conspiring to disrupt Assembly proceedings and announced a comprehensive investigation into alleged derogatory remarks made against Assembly Speaker Gaddam Prasad Kumar by BRS MLCs and other related incidents.
