Hyderabad:
A sexist remark by a Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS), asking the occasion’s defectors to put on saree and bangles, has drawn a pointy retort from a Congress chief, who warned that he shall be crushed up with footwear if he insults ladies.
Telangana BJP MLA P Kaushik Reddy was addressing a press convention when he confirmed a saree and bangles and informed the MLAs defecting to the ruling Congress to put on them. Naming the MLAs, he mentioned, “You aren’t males, so put on these and go round.”
A complete of 10 MLAs have defected from the BRS, which misplaced energy within the state within the Meeting election final 12 months, to the Congress.
Responding to this, Congress chief Bandru Shoba Rani addressed the media and confirmed a shoe. Accusing Mr Reddy of insulting ladies, she mentioned, “You confirmed saree and bangles. I’ll present you footwear. We are going to beat you up with footwear in case you insult ladies,” mentioned the Congress chief, who’s the chairperson of the state ladies’s co-operative growth company Chairman and a state Congress vice chairman.
The BRS has demanded the disqualification of all 10 BRS MLAs who defected to the ruling Congress after the election.
The matter has additionally reached the Telangana Excessive Courtroom. On Monday, the excessive courtroom requested the Meeting Secretary to position the disqualification petitions of three BRS MLAs, who had joined the Congress, earlier than Speaker Gaddam Prasad Kumar. The three MLAs in query are Danam Nagender, Tellam Venkat Rao and Kadiyam Srihari. The courtroom has requested the Speaker’s workplace to situation a schedule inside 4 weeks of listening to and deciding on the petitions.
BRS Working President Ok T Rama Rao has mentioned the courtroom’s directive is a victory for democracy. “Now, the honorable Speaker Garu has 4 weeks to revive transparency and uphold the sanctity of the Home. We fought relentlessly for this second, no extra betrayal of the folks’s mandate! Jai Telangana!,” mentioned Mr Rao, son of BRS president and former Chief Minister Ok Chandrashekar Rao, mentioned in a submit on X.