Called absent, then suspended
Congress accused BRS legislators of avoiding the Assembly. BRS said it would attend and raise the alleged police action. The legislators were then suspended for the session’s remainder. The chronology is less cooperative than the slogan.
The Assembly suspension followed the announcement that BRS legislators would attend the session.
Counter | Analysis
The Congress government’s “BRS is avoiding the Assembly” line has met an inconvenient document called chronology.
Congress leaders accused BRS leaders, including KCR, of staying away from the House. BRS working president K. T. Rama Rao said on September 7 that the party’s legislators would attend the session and continue raising the alleged police action against women MLAs until an apology was tendered. BRS also submitted an adjournment-motion notice under Rule 63 on the issue, according to a published report.
BRS legislators then took part in protests and disruptions linked to the dispute. The Assembly suspended a large group of them for the remainder of the monsoon session. Reports disagree on the count — 21, 22 or “over 20” — so the disputed number should not be turned into a fresh slogan before the Assembly publishes its order.
What the record supports is simpler: the suspension bars attendance after the order. It does not prove voluntary avoidance before it. The Congress government can still produce the official attendance record if it has one. Until then, its argument is doing what political arguments often do when faced with dates: walking backwards.