Telangana: BRS leaders booked for protest outside residence of ex-Speaker Srinivas Reddy who joined Congress
Jun 22, 2024
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India] June 22 : A case has been registered against 12 Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) leaders for staging a protest in front of the residence of former Assembly Speaker Pocharam Srinivas Reddy who swiched over to the Congress party police said.
The case has been registered at the Banjara Hills police station under Sections 353 and 440 of the Indian Penal Code.
Assistant Commissioner of Police, Banjara Hills said that the leaders have been sent to remand.
"We have registered a case against 12 people under sections 353 and 440. They have been remanded" the ACP told reporters on Friday.
Pocharam Srinivas Reddy along with his son, Bhaskar Reddy, joined the Congress party on June 21.
"Pocharam Srinivas Reddy and his son Bhaskar Reddy joined the Congress. The chief minister and TPCC president Revanth Reddy invited them into the party by wearing a scarf," the Telangana Congress posted on social media platform X.
The BRS was in power in the state till the end of 2023, under the leadership of K Chandrashekhar Rao.
Congress won the assembly polls in Telangana last year, after which the new Revanth Reddy government was formed under chief minster Revanth Reddy leadership.
