Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) MLAs faced a two-day suspension from the Telangana Assembly for obstructing the House’s functioning. The Speaker, Gaddam Prasad Kumar, enforced the suspension on 24 BRS members following a resolution by Legislative Affairs Minister D. Sridhar Babu.
The opposition legislators had been causing disruptions, pressing for a House Committee to investigate corruption and illegal mining allegations against Revenue Minister Ponguleti Srinivas Reddy. Despite their demands, the government refused to constitute a House Committee, citing an ongoing CB CID inquiry into alleged illegal mining since 2014.
Tensions escalated as BRS members protested in the well of the House, leading to heated exchanges with Congress members. Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy accused BRS of deliberately stalling proceedings and attempting to manipulate the situation through the House Committee demand.
The Speaker’s repeated calls for cooperation went unheeded, prompting the legislative affairs minister to move a resolution for the two-day suspension of BRS members, including key figures like T. Harish Rao and K.T. Rama Rao. The BRS MLAs protested the suspension, alleging suppression of opposition voices by the government.
The Budget session of the Assembly is set to conclude on March 31.
