Congress MPs from Telangana led by Pradesh Congress Committee (TPCC) president A. Revanth Reddy staged a dharna at a statue of B.R. Ambedkar on the premises of Parliament in New Delhi on Monday to protest Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao’s remarks on the Constitution.
He staged the protest along with N. Uttam Kumar Redy and Komatireddy Venkat Reddy. Speaking to mediapersons there, Mr. Revanth Reddy reiterated the demand that a case of treason be booked against Mr. Chandrasekhar Rao who wants the Constitution of the country to be changed. Stating that they had staged the protest to bring the remarks of Mr. Chandrasekhar Rao against the Constitution to the notice of President Ramnath Kovind and Prime Minister Narendra Modi, he said the Telangana Chief Minister’s demand amounted to treason and felt that necessary legal action be taken against him. He also demanded that the Prime Minister respond to the remarks of Mr. Rao. Mr. Revanth Reddy said the Constitution had empowered dalit, tribal and backward classes communities by providing them reservation in education and employment and that SCs and STs enjoy reservation in the law-making bodies — Parliament State Legislatures only due to the provisions made in the present Constitution.
