BRS women MLAs demand CM apology over assault

BRS women legislators P Sabitha Indra Reddy, V Sunitha Laxma Reddy and Kova Lakshmi on Wednesday alleged that they were subjected to humiliation and rough handling by male police personnel on the Assembly premises, during the confrontation on Monday. 

They demanded that the Chief Minister apologise for insulting them and causing mental agony over last three days.

The women MLAs sought an opportunity to meet Speaker Gaddam Prasad Kumar and explain their grievances, but were denied.

Speaking to the media in the Assembly lobby after the suspension of BRS



members, the BRS women legislators said they were left distressed after police allegedly dragged them by hair, saree and physically assaulting them during the confrontation on Monday. 

They stated that they could have fell and suffered severe injuries, had BRS legislators D Sudheer Reddy and Naveen Kumar Reddy not supported them.

“Male police personnel were deliberately deployed around women legislators, while women police personnel were placed around BRS leaders T Harish Rao and KT Rama Rao. This is unfortunate and shameful politics of the Congress,” said Sabitha Indra Reddy.