Come to the House, said Congress. Then suspended BRS.
Three days after minister D Sridhar Babu invited the BRS to question the government in the Assembly, the Speaker suspended BRS legislators for the rest of the Monsoon Session after protests and disruption.
The BRS legislators were suspended for the remainder of the Monsoon Session.
On September 6, Telangana minister D Sridhar Babu told the BRS to stop speaking and protesting on the streets and come to the Assembly to question the government. The government, he said, would answer. A perfectly reasonable invitation — right up until the House became inconvenient.
On September 9, Speaker Gaddam Prasad Kumar announced the suspension of BRS legislators for the remainder of the Monsoon Session after three days of confrontation, according to a report on the proceedings. Sridhar Babu moved the motion; KTR and T Harish Rao were among those suspended. The BRS had sought discussion on alleged police mistreatment of its women legislators and alleged remarks by a Congress MLA concerning KCR’s death. Those allegations remain contested, as do claims about conduct inside the House.
The exact number suspended is unclear in the available reporting, which variously says 22, over 20 or lists fewer names. The Assembly’s suspension motion and bulletin have not been located. So the documented sequence is simple: come inside and ask questions; three days later, the questioners were sent out.