BRS MLAs Protest Alleged Revanth Reddy-Adani 'Nexus' Outside Assembly

Hyderabad: Ahead of the start of winter session of the Telangana Assembly on Monday, the Opposition BRS MLAs held a protest here, donning T-shirts bearing an image of Revanth Reddy and Gautam Adani, alleging an "unholy nexus" between the Chief Minister and the industrialist.

The BRS legislators were, however, stopped by the police at the entrance of the legislature complex. Taking exception to the action against them, the MLAs raised slogans against the Congress government and the CM. BRS Working President K T Rama Rao said Congress leader Rahul Gandhi and other party MPs wore T-shirts "exposing the friendship between PM Narendra Modi and Adani". "Why cannot we do the same thing here in Telangana Assembly? We are saying Revanth Reddy and Congress are indulging in duplicity," Rama Rao told reporters.

Later, the BRS MLAs were taken away by police in vehicles.

On November 25, CM Revanth Reddy had announced that his government would not accept the Rs 100 crore CSR donation committed by Gautam Adani for the Young India Skills University being set up in the State.

The CM's announcement came days after the indictment of the Adani Group chairman in a US court. Revanth Reddy had said the decision was taken as the Congress government does not want to get mired in any unwarranted controversy amid bribery allegations against the Adani Group.