"arekapudi-gandhi"

BRS leaders including Harish Rao were arrested and driven around in separate police buses for about three hours and kept in a police station for about two hours before being released.

The biased approach of the police, in fact, was visible right from morning, when they placed Kaushik Reddy under house arrest to prevent him from reaching Serilingampally MLA Arekapudi Gandhi's residence

Defending the appointment of PAC chairman, he maintained that the post was given to the "opposition".

Earlier, tensions flared after Kaushik Reddy questioned Gandhi's appointment as the PAC chairman, a post typically given to opposition members

Harish Rao demanded full security for Kaushik Reddy and accused the Congress party of orchestrating the assault.

Tensions rose when Kaushik Reddy and Gandhi engaged in a heated exchange, with Reddy promising to visit Gandhi and present him with a BRS scarf, as well as hoist a BRS flag at Gandhi's Hyderabad residence on Thursday. In response, the police placed Kaushik Reddy under house arrest and increased security at Gandhi's residence.

In all, 10 MLAs, who won the Assembly elections on BRS tickets from different constituencies, had joined the Congress after the elections.

Former Legislative Affairs Minister and senior BRS MLA Vemula Prashanth Reddy said the Congress government was using underhand tactics to undermine the Opposition’s role in scrutinising the State finances.

Following BRS opposing Gandhi's appointment as chairman of the Assembly PAC, a post that is usually given to an Opposition member, the MLA has now taken a ‘U’ turn and is claiming that he is still in the Opposition.

BJP Legislative Party leader Maheshwar Reddy said that it had been a tradition for long to give the post of PAC chairman to the Opposition party and by breaking the tradition the Congress had lost the trust of the people.

Along with the BRS MLA, a few corporators also joined the Congress in the presence of Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy