23-Sep-2024 03:06 PM
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Hyderabad, Sep 23 (Reporter) Tensions flared at Gandhi Hospital on Monday after police arrested members of the BRS fact-finding committee and BRS MLAs who had arrived to assess the conditions in the hospital.
During the incident, a scuffle broke out between the police and the BRS leaders. Former Deputy Chief Minister T Rajaiah, along with former MLA Metuku Anand, MLAs Dr Sanjay Kumar, and Maganti Gopinath, were taken into custody and removed from the premises.
The BRS had previously appointed a three-member fact-finding committee, headed by Rajaiah, to investigate the deteriorating conditions in state-run hospitals, including Gandhi Hospital.
In a separate development, Janagama BRS MLA Palla Rajeshwar Reddy was placed under house arrest, with heavy police deployment outside his residence in Jubilee Hills to prevent him from leaving.
BRS Working President KT Rama Rao (KTR) strongly condemned the arrests. In a post on Twitter (now X), KTR questioned, "Why is the government afraid of a fact-finding committee looking into public institutions? If the committee conducts its work, will the truth about the Congress government's incompetence be exposed?"
KTR further argued that if the government has nothing to hide, it should allow the fact-finding committee to proceed. "The committee's report will highlight the problems faced by the people and provide suggestions to improve public healthcare. However, the Chief Minister's ego is preventing this from happening, putting the lives of Telangana's people at risk. I urge the CM to stop these reckless actions," KTR tweeted...////...