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Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) MP Vaddiraju Ravichandra on Tuesday criticised the arrest of party MLCs T Madhusudhan Rao, also known as Tata Madhu, and N Naveen Kumar Reddy in Hyderabad, alleging that a large police contingent reached their homes early in the morning to take them into custody.

Ravichandra claimed that more than 100, and possibly 200, people arrived at the MLCs’ residence at around 6 am. He alleged that the police behaved “like thieves” during the arrests.

 

“Like thieves, a mob of over a hundred people, perhaps two hundred, showed up at their home at 6 AM to arrest them. They are now producing them in court. We are not afraid of anyone. This is not a major issue for the BRS party. We will fight and handle it. Our women MLAs faced appalling treatment,” Ravichandra told reporters.

 

In the meantime, BRS MLAs left the Assembly and headed to party president K Chandrashekar Rao’s residence in Erravelli. Party sources said BRS legislators were angered by what they described as the alleged high-handedness of Chief Minister Revanth Reddy’s government. They alleged that Congress MLAs were sent to KCR’s residence under police escort and provoked to attack the BRS leaders.

 

The developments followed the arrest of MLCs T Madhusudhan Rao alias Tata Madhu and N Naveen Kumar Reddy over their alleged remarks against Telangana Legislative Assembly Speaker Gaddam Prasad Kumar.

 

Earlier on Tuesday, BRS working president KT Rama Rao, along with other party MLAs, submitted an adjournment motion notice in the Telangana Assembly. The notice sought a discussion on the alleged police assault and the stopping of BRS MLAs who were travelling to the Assembly a day earlier.

The BRS leaders requested that the matter be taken up under Rule 63 of the Rules of Procedure and Conduct of Business in the Telangana Legislative Assembly, describing it as an issue of urgent public importance.

 

The notice stated: “I hereby give notice of my intention to ask for leave to move a motion for the adjournment of the Business of the Assembly under Rule 63 of the Rules of Procedure and Conduct of Business in the Telangana Legislative Assembly for the purpose of discussion on a definite matter of urgent public importance.”