Source : INDIA TODAY NEWS
With its legislators barred from the Telangana Assembly for the remainder of the Monsoon Session, the Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) on Saturday took its political battle outside the House by staging a mock Assembly at Telangana Bhavan.
The symbolic session on September 12 was organised days after BRS MLAs were suspended following repeated disruptions in the Assembly. The party said the mock proceedings were aimed at raising issues that it alleged were being denied a hearing inside the House.
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TALASANI PLAYS CM, MANIK RAO TAKES SPEAKER’S CHAIR
The BRS recreated the Assembly proceedings at Telangana Bhavan, with Zaheerabad MLA Manik Rao occupying the Speaker’s chair and former minister Talasani Srinivas Yadav taking on the role of Chief Minister.
BRS working president K.T. Rama Rao, former minister T. Harish Rao and other party legislators participated in the proceedings. They used the platform to attack the Revanth Reddy-led Congress government over governance issues, election promises and various policies.
The mock session also featured political satire, with Talasani taking digs at the Congress government while playing the role of Chief Minister. He made sarcastic references to the recent removal of Konda Surekha from the Telangana Cabinet.
CONGRESS GUARANTEES BECOME TARGET OF MOCKERY
Talasani also targeted the Congress government’s election guarantees, questioning when the promises made to voters would actually be implemented.
The BRS had earlier announced that the symbolic session would focus on more than 20 issues, including what it described as failures of the Congress government, the Six Guarantees, election promises and various government policies.
‘ASSEMBLY OUTSIDE ASSEMBLY’
Through the unusual protest, the BRS sought to convey that its legislators would continue to raise issues despite being barred from the Assembly.
The mock session effectively turned Telangana Bhavan into an alternative political platform, with the BRS using satire and simulated Assembly proceedings to intensify its attack on the Congress government.
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SOURCE :- TIMES OF INDIA
