Harish Rao slaps AP Bhavan Staff - Excl. Video

With the Congress high command appearing to reject the Telangana statehood demand, frustration is growing among the Telangana leaders, so much that they are giving vent to their anger and frustration even against lower-rung Andhra officials.

On Thursday, the Telangana Rashtra Samithi legislator T Harish Rao displayed his anger at an official of the Andhra Pradesh Bhavan in New Delhi by slapping him repeatedly.

Harish Rao, along with other TRS leaders including K T Rama Rao, Etela Rajender and former MP B Vinod Kumar to carry the body of Yadi Reddy, a youth who hanged himself near Parliament for the sake of Telangana, back to Hyderabad.

The TRS leaders and the Telangana Congress MLAs, MPs and ministers were given the assurance that the body of Yadi Reddy would be first brought to AP Bhavan for paying floral tributes by Telangana supporters. However, the AP Bhavan officials took the body straightaway to the airport from the hospital, where the post-mortem was done.

This angered the Telangana leaders, who staged a dharna in front of the AP Bhavan. They gatecrashed into the Resident Commisisoner’s office and argued with the officials asking them why they had not allowed Yadi Reddy’s body into the AP Bhavan. In a fit of rage, Harish Rao went a step ahead and slapped the AP Bhavan official who said he had acted only as per the direction of the Resident Commissioner. He beat him mercilessly in full view of the cameras. He later spoke to the Commissioner and demanded an explanation.

The incident only reflects the anger of the Telangana activists, but it is unfortunate that they had attacked lower-rung officials.

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