Former Chennur MLA and Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) leader Balka Suman was arrested by Nampally police in Telangana and remanded to 14 days of police custody for allegedly inciting people to destroy Singareni buildings and public property, a complaint filed by a Singareni inspector on May 26 cited Suman's comments at a meeting urging the destruction of Singareni offices, including the general manager's office, with video footage submitted as evidence. BRS leaders condemned the arrest as a political vendetta by the ruling Congress party, accusing them of undemocratic practices and stifling opposition voices, drawing parallels to past remarks by Congress leaders that were defended as freedom of expression.

Former Chennur MLA and Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) leader Balka Suman was arrested by Nampally police in Telangana and remanded to 14 days of police custody for allegedly inciting people to destroy Singareni buildings and public property, a complaint filed by a Singareni inspector on May 26 cited Suman's comments at a meeting urging the destruction of Singareni offices, including the general manager's office, with video footage submitted as evidence. BRS leaders condemned the arrest as a political vendetta by the ruling Congress party, accusing them of undemocratic practices and stifling opposition voices, drawing parallels to past remarks by Congress leaders that were defended as freedom of expression.

Former Chennur MLA and Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) leader Balka Suman was arrested by Nampally police in Telangana and remanded to 14 days of police custody for allegedly inciting people to destroy Singareni buildings and public property, a complaint filed by a Singareni inspector on May 26 cited Suman's comments at a meeting urging the destruction of Singareni offices, including the general manager's office, with video footage submitted as evidence. BRS leaders condemned the arrest as a political vendetta by the ruling Congress party, accusing them of undemocratic practices and stifling opposition voices, drawing parallels to past remarks by Congress leaders that were defended as freedom of expression.

Former Chennur MLA and Bharat Rashtra Samithi leader Balka Suman was arrested by Nampally police in Telangana on Saturday for allegedly inciting people to destroy Singareni buildings and public property.

Suman was produced before the Rojana court on Saturday and has been remanded to police custody for 14 days.

Suman was arrested amid BRS party workers who raised slogans protesting the police deployment around his home.

Suman allegedly called on party members to destroy the Singareni property at a recent meeting between TBGKS leaders at Telangana Bhavan.

The complaint against him was filed by B Anand, a junior inspector working in the security and public complaints department of Singareni Bhavan in Hyderabad.

The complaint made on May 26 stated that the Suma’s comments called for actions that would damage the properties of Singareni offices, including the general manager’s office and the Singareni building in nampally.

The complainant also submitted video footage of the comment made by the politician

the case was filed under various sections

The police have reportedly been campaigning to arrest Suman for several days.

The arrested were condemned by BRS leaders, who condemned the ruling Congress party for “undemocratic rule”

Former Minister V Srinivas Goud slammed Congress for political vendetta against opposition leaders. He said that it has become a regular practice for the ruling party to arrest BRS leaders and social media persons who question the government’s failures.

“The Congress government is imposing one set of rules for its leaders and workers and a different set for BRS leaders,” Srinivas Goud claimed.

BRS MLC Deshapathi Srinivas said that “the Revanth Reddy government is resorting to filing illegal cases and engaging in political harassment with an intention to stifle the voices of BRS leaders, who question the government’s anti-people policies.”

“In the past, when Revanth Reddy had remarked that Pragathi Bhavan should be blown up with bombs, it was defended as freedom of expression. But, Balka Suman’s comments regarding public issues were suddenly deemed illegal,” Srinivas added.

Singareni is a major government-owned coal mining corporation owned jointly by the government of Telangana and the centre.

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