Hyderabad Suspended Telugu Desam MLAs of Telangana were arrested by the police on the second consecutive day today after they staged a sit in protest in the lobbies.
Opposition TDP members, who were suspended for the entire duration of the current budget session after they disrupted the customary address by the governor ESL Narasimhan and allegedly showed disrespect to national anthem have been protesting outside the House almost every day against alleged “undemocratic and unconstitutional” style of functioning of the Speaker.
After yesterday’s incidents in which the TDP members sat on protest in Speaker’s Chambers and were arrested by the police, they were again involved in a tug of war with the security personnel.
TDP floor leader E Dayakar Rao alleged that when the party MLAs were going towards the media point they were stopped by the security personnel. Later when they tried to go towards Speaker’s chambers to meet him, Marshals tried to stop them. Angered by this they sat on protest in the lobbies. Later they were forcibly removed by the Marshals and police took them in to custody and shifted them to the Old MLAs Quarters.
On Tuesday the TDP MLAs sat on protest till 9 pm when police arrested them and shifted them to the TDP office. They were raising twin demands of showing the entire video recording of the happenings during the governor’s address and taking action against the minister Talasani Srinivas Yadav, a defector from TDP to the ruling TRS.
