BRS accuses Congress of abusing power after MLA’s arrest over altercation

A day after a Bharat Rashtra Samithi MLA was arrested over an altercation during an official meeting, the party on Tuesday accused the Congress of abusing its power in Telangana, reported The Indian Express.

The MLA, Padi Kaushik Reddy, got conditional bail on Tuesday but was directed by a judicial magistrate in Karimnagar to appear before the police when called for questioning.

The police arrested Reddy on Monday in two cases filed against him for allegedly creating a ruckus during a district review committee meeting in Karimnagar on January 12, The Hindu reported. A heated argument had broken out during the meeting between him and Jagtial MLA Sanjay Kumar, who switched to the state’s ruling Congress from the Bharat Rashtra Samithi in June.

Reddy, the MLA from Huzurabad, was said to have repeatedly interrupted Kumar and asked him to clarify which party he belonged to. He was booked for assault or criminal force against a public servant, among other sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita.

“I have been charged with obstructing the Revenue Divisional Officer [RDO]” the Huzurabad MLA said, according to The Indian Express. “The entire media was there. I do not even know who the official is. I just asked the MLA which party he belongs to.”

Earlier on Tuesday, the Bharat Rashtra Samithi claimed several of…

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