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Telangana ethics panel to take up Kaushik Reddy case on August 29
The Telangana Legislative Assembly Ethics Committee will hear a case against BRS MLA Padi Kaushik Reddy on August 29 for alleged inappropriate behaviour towards Congress MLA Kadiyam Srihari during a March debate…
The Telangana Legislative Assembly Ethics Committee will hear a case against BRS MLA Padi Kaushik Reddy on August 29 for alleged inappropriate behaviour towards Congress MLA Kadiyam Srihari during a March debate on mining irregularities. Srihari accused Reddy of making threatening gestures including pretending to shoot a gun. Speaker Gaddam Prasad Kumar referred the matter to the committee.
BRS MLA Vemula Prashanth Reddy accused the Congress government of political vendetta, noting the committee was not in existence when the referral was made. He questioned why the committee had not acted against Congress MLAs for alleged threatening language and gestures in the House, including remarks by Danam Nagender and Samuel. He also alleged Chief Minister Revanth Reddy used abusive language in the assembly.
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The Ethics Committee can recommend penalties ranging from censure to suspension. For the BRS, the timing matters. The state has seen a series of defections from its ranks since the Congress came to power, and the party argues the complaint is a tool to curb dissent rather than enforce decorum. The committee itself was reconstituted only after the assembly's new session. A key figure to watch is the Speaker, whose ruling on the committee's jurisdiction to hear a matter referred before its formation could set a precedent. The next hearing on August 29 will test whether the process is about conduct or politics.
Source: timesofindia.indiatimes.com
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