NIZAMABAD: TRS MLC Bhupati Reddy and his supporters gathered around party MLA B. Govardhan and began questioning him about the missing picture. The MLA then attacked the MLC and his follower in public.
Mr Kumar Reddy, the TRS activist who was slapped, lodged a complaint against the MLA, and was admitted to the Government General Hospital in Nizamabad.
Dr Bhupati Reddy lodged a complaint against Nizamabad Rural circle inspector Muni Naik for taking sides and not preventing the attack on the TRS activist.
Nizamabad rural police registered a case against Dr Bhupati Reddy for attacking a police officer. Inspector Muni Naik lodged a complaint stating that the MLC had threatened him.
Asked about the incident, Mr Govadhan said he had not slapped anyone. The police had intervened to avert a clash as Dr Bhupati Reddy’s followers were “creating nuisance,” he said.
Dr Bhupati Reddy said Mr Govardhan had behaved like “an illiterate” and attacked an activist who working with the TRS since its inception.
Instead of averting a clash, police officers tried to protect the legislator, he alleged. He said the MLA had not slapped him, but both of them jostled.
There is simmering tension between the two. Mr Govardhan, a two-time Congress MLA, joined the TRS ahead of the 2014 elections and was given the ticket from Nizamabad Rural. Dr Bhupati Reddy, elected MLC for the first time, was incharge of the constituency.
