Suspended from Assembly, BRS Sets Up ‘Mock Session’ at Telangana Bhavan
Following the suspension of 22 Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) MLAs from the Legislative Assembly, the main opposition party staged a "Mock Assembly" at its headquarters, Telangana Bhavan.
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HYDERABAD — Denied a voice inside the Legislative Assembly, the primary opposition Bharat Rashtra Smarithi (BRS) decided to build its own stage.
Following the high-decibel suspension of 22 opposition MLAs for the remainder of the Monsoon Session, senior party leaders converted their headquarters, Telangana Bhavan, into a parallel "Mock Assembly" to run simulated legislative proceedings.
Inside the Parallel House
In a bid to highlight what they termed "the autocratic suppression of democratic rights," BRS working president KT Rama Rao and former minister T Harish Rao led the exercise. MLA K Manik Rao took the chair as the "Mock Speaker," while Talasani Srinivas Yadav stood in as the "Mock Chief Minister".
The parallel session focused sharply on the ruling Congress party's "Six Guarantees," with BRS members accusing the A Revanth Reddy government of failing to fulfill its key poll promises. Other discussions centered on agricultural distress, crop loss compensation, and alleged irregularities in land allotments.
The Trigger Behind the Standoff
The political showdown began at the Assembly gates, where BRS legislators wore black shirts to protest government policies. The situation escalated into a physically charged confrontation with security personnel, prompting BRS leaders to allege police high-handedness and misbehavior toward senior women legislators, including P Sabitha Indra Reddy and Sunitha Laxma Reddy.
Inside the House, opposition members marched into the Well demanding an immediate debate on the gate incident. Following intense slogan-shouting and sharp exchanges with the Treasury benches over remarks directed at Speaker Gaddam Prasad Kumar, Legislative Affairs Minister D Sridhar Babu moved a motion to suspend 22 protesting BRS members.
Political Spectacle or Democratic Protest?
The ruling Congress was quick to dismiss the Telangana Bhavan initiative as a desperate media gimmick. Deputy Chief Minister Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka defended the suspensions, maintaining that the opposition had crossed parliamentary limits and insulted the Speaker's chair.
Unfazed, BRS leaders announced plans to approach the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) and the Governor over police conduct, signalling that the confrontation between the state's top two political forces will only escalate further.
