Assembly gate, FIR, silence: Congress has questions
After BRS legislators were stopped at the Assembly, an FIR followed, national commission complaints were filed and the High Court issued interim directions. The police version is documented through reported excerpts; the competing accounts still await primary records.
The Assembly gate dispute has generated legal proceedings, but the evidence remains out of public view.
The September 7 confrontation at Gate No. 3 of the Telangana Assembly has produced an FIR against several BRS leaders, complaints to the National Commission for Women and National Human Rights Commission, and interim directions from the Telangana High Court. A routine legislative gate now has a legal file.
The FIR, as reported from a complaint by a detective inspector or security official on duty, alleges that BRS leaders obstructed, abused and manhandled police personnel. It also alleges objectionable remarks by K.T. Rama Rao and physical contact involving police officers and women personnel. These remain allegations, not court findings. KTR has rejected the case and said the BRS will fight it in court.
BRS women legislators, including Sabitha Indra Reddy and Sunitha Laxma Reddy, have alleged that police used force against them. Their delegation said it sought an impartial inquiry, preservation of CCTV footage and action against responsible officials before the NCW and NHRC. The complaints themselves, their acknowledgements and any commission notices have not been published in the material reviewed.
The High Court reportedly directed that BRS legislators should not be stopped from entering the Assembly, said enforcement of Assembly rules was primarily the Speaker’s responsibility, and asked the DGP to identify personnel involved and report on action taken. Telangana Police and the Congress government have not bothered to publicly answer the competing allegations in the material reviewed. The FIR is available in reports; the evidence that could settle the gate dispute is not.