Archive · 7 Sep 2026
Telangana Minister Accuses BRS Leaders of Assembly Misconduct
Telangana Minister D. Sridhar Babu criticized leaders of the BRS party.
He said some BRS legislators misbehaved at the state Assembly.
He alleged that K.T. Rama Rao and others assaulted police officers.
He also accused Tata Madhu of making insulting comments about the Assembly Speaker and the Speaker’s mother.
Sridhar Babu said BRS president K. Chandrashekar Rao should condemn what happened.
He defended rules that stop people from bringing political slogans and badges into the Assembly.
K.T. Rama Rao warned that the BRS could seek a no-confidence motion against the Speaker.
Sridhar Babu said the government would not give in to that warning and wanted an apology first.
Minister D. Sridhar Babu accused BRS leaders of rowdy conduct and assaulting police personnel at the Assembly premises.
He said BRS MLC Tata Madhu made disparaging remarks about Speaker Gaddam Prasad Kumar and his mother.
Sridhar Babu held BRS president K. Chandrashekar Rao responsible unless he condemns the incident.
He defended restrictions on political badges, placards and slogan-bearing T-shirts as rules created under the previous BRS government.
The minister rejected K.T. Rama Rao’s warning of a no-confidence motion and demanded an unconditional apology to the Speaker.
- Who
- Legislative Affairs and IT Minister D. Sridhar Babu accused BRS leaders, including K.T. Rama Rao and Tata Madhu, of misconduct; he also called on BRS president K. Chandrashekar Rao to respond.
- What
- Sridhar Babu alleged that BRS legislators assaulted police personnel, insulted the Speaker and violated Assembly decorum.
- When
- Monday.
- Where
- The Telangana Legislative Assembly premises in Hyderabad.
- Why
- The minister was responding to alleged remarks against the Speaker, clashes involving police and disputes over security rules at the Assembly.
- Main speaker
- D. Sridhar Babu, Telangana Legislative Affairs and IT Minister
- Opposition party
- Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS)
- Speaker targeted in remarks
- Gaddam Prasad Kumar
- Alleged police incident
- Sridhar Babu said K.T. Rama Rao and other BRS legislators physically assaulted police personnel.
- Disputed restrictions
- Political badges, placards and slogan-bearing T-shirts were barred from the legislature under existing rules.
- BRS demand or warning
- K.T. Rama Rao warned that the BRS could bring a no-confidence motion against the Speaker.
- Minister’s demand
- Sridhar Babu called for an unconditional apology to the Speaker before further legislative business.