He said the manner in which the police treated the women legislators was deplorable. KTR alleged that the police behaved in an extremely aggressive manner, including allegedly pulling the sarees of women MLAs, grabbing them by the throat and pulling their hair. Hyderabad: BRS working president KT Rama Rao demanded that chief minister A Revanth Reddy, both as CM and also home minister, to take full responsibility for the alleged attack and high-handed behaviour by police against women legislators, former ministers and senior legislators at assembly on Monday.
He said this reflected their political culture. KTR said the BRS had approached the High Court over the alleged attack on its legislators. He said the party would also approach the SC, ST, National Human Rights and National Commission for Women authorities regarding the alleged conduct of the police.
He alleged that the CM was attempting to divert public attention from the incident by raising unrelated issues and attributing statements to BRS MLC T. Madhusudhan (Tata Madhu) that he allegedly did not make. Aruna, saying that when she was hurt by certain remarks, former CM KCR had instructed BRS leaders to apologise.
KTR recalled an earlier incident involving D.K. Addressing a press conference at Telangana Bhavan on Monday, the BRS working president criticised the Congress govt, saying that while Congress leader Rahul Gandhi speaks about overcoming male dominance in politics and encouraging women to come forward, the Congress govt in Telangana was allegedly allowing women legislators to be attacked.