BRS leaders Koppula Eshwar, Korukanti Chander arrested

Hyderabad: Political temperatures soared in Telangana on Monday after BRS leaders Koppula Eshwar and Korukanti Chander were arrested following a heated argument with the police who obstructed them from staging protest near the 125-foot Dr BR Ambedkar statue at the State Secretariat.

The leaders, accompanied by several party activists, had gathered at the site challenging Minister Adluri Laxman for an open debate on the performance of the BRS and Congress governments.

Eshwar had earlier dared Minister Laxman to come for a face-to-face discussion comparing the BRS’s ten-year rule with the Congress’s two-year governance. In response, Adluri Laxman countered the challenge, stating he was ready to debate but only with senior BRS leader T Harish Rao.

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దమ్ముంటే చర్చకు సిద్ధమా.. మంత్రి అడ్లూరి లక్ష్మణ్‌కు సవాల్ విసిరిన మాజీ మంత్రి కొప్పుల ఈశ్వర్

కాంగ్రెస్ ప్రభుత్వ అవినీతిపై చర్చకు ట్యాంక్ బండ్ వద్ద ఉన్న అంబేద్కర్ విగ్రహం వద్దకు చేరుకున్న కొప్పుల ఈశ్వర్, పుట్టా మధుకర్ ఇతర బీఆర్ఎస్ నాయకులు

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“If Harish Rao has the courage, let him come for a discussion. I am ready at my home. I will not debate with Koppula Eshwar whom I have defeated,” he had remarked, adding that he was open to answering any question on governance.

As tensions escalated, Koppula Eshwar and Korukanti Chander reached the Ambedkar statue with BRS cadres, leading to a confrontation with the police deployed at the site. Both leaders were taken into custody and shifted to a nearby police station.

In response, former Minister Harish Rao said Koppula Eshwar came for a discussion as announced, but instead of sending police to arrest him, Minister Laxman should have come for the discussion. He reiterated his earlier comments on Cabinet infighting, asserting that the Chief Ministers and his colleagues had heated arguments and held discussions over the Cabinet infighting. “I stand by every word I said,” he said.