Padi Kaushik Reddy from BRS spoke to the media on Wednesday January 15th. He was there to say he didn’t attack Sanjay Kumar an MLA from Jagtial. This happened at a meeting on January 12th. Reddy said it was actually him who got attacked by Congress leaders. He named D. Sridhar Babu a minister and MLAs Sanjay Kumar Kavvampally Satyanarayana and Makkan Singh Raj Thakur. He said this all took place at a meeting in Telangana. Reddy also claims Sanjay Kumar started it by making bad comments about the BRS party.
Reddy said Sanjay Kumar was the one who started the fight. He explained that Kumar who was sitting next to him said he would “strip off your BRS leaders’ clothes” just before pushing him. After that Reddy said he was surrounded and hit by the other Congress leaders. The press conference was basically to clear his name and explain what he says happened. He wants people to know his side of the story.
This fight between BRS and Congress shows how much tension there is in Telangana politics right now. Reddy is saying that he did not start the violence. Instead he says that it was an attack on him and his party by Congress members. He is pointing the finger at Sanjay Kumar as the main person responsible for the fight saying it all started with bad comments and a physical attack. It’s still not clear where the meeting took place or all the details about the attack.