Ruckus at DRC meeting in Karimnagar as Huzurabad and Jagtial MLAs engage in war of words
The HinduAcrimonious scenes were witnessed during the District Review Committee meeting in Karimnagar on Sunday when BRS MLA from Huzurabad P.Kaushik Reddy engaged in a verbal spat with Jagtial MLA M. Sanjay Kumar and tried to disrupt the latter’s speech, causing a ruckus. For a few minutes, the meeting attended by Irrigation and Civil Supplies Minister N Uttam Kumar Reddy, IT and Industries Minister D.Sridhar Babu and Transport Minister Ponnam Prabhakar plunged into chaos following the incident. Pandemonium broke out when Mr.Kaushik Reddy rushed towards Dr Sanjay while the latter was speaking, accusing him of switching loyalty to the ruling Congress after getting elected on a BRS ticket in the 2023 Assembly elections. Later, speaking to the media, Mr.Kaushik Reddy alleged that Mr.Sanjay Kumar defected to the ruling Congress from the BRS with sheer opportunism driven by selfish motives.