Hyderabad, October 26: Henceforth, Assembly would be fortified as if it is in session, even when it is not.
A decision to this effect was taken at a high-level review meeting called by the Speaker N Kiran Kumar Reddy on Monday morning.
The speaker, who was upset with DSC 2008 candidates storming the Assembly premises on Saturday, called a meeting with director general of police K Aravinda Rao, police commissioner AK Khan and inspector general (Intelligence) M Mahender Reddy and wanted to know why security was inadequate on the Assembly premises.
He was equally upset when MRPS activists had managed to get inside the premises even when the Assembly was in session in the past and create a ruckus.
In another instance, when the Assembly was not in session, TRS MLAs locked themselves up in the TRSLP office demanding that a resolution be passed in the Assembly for formation of separate Telangana state.
The speaker, who found that Assembly premises had become an easy target for demonstrators to take out their ire on the government, wanted to know why the police had been neglecting the security aspect on the Assembly premises.
He came down heavily on the state police chief on why the police were consistently failing in providing fool-proof security.
After an hour-long meeting, it has been decided that the Assembly premises should have round-the-clock security as it would be provided when it is in session.
The curbs on visitors when the Assembly is in session would continue even when it was not in session. Only those who have valid passes would be allowed inside the premises.
Even the Assembly employees should display prominently their ID cards while gaining entry into the Assembly.
Later speaking to media persons, Aravinda Rao said the police would submit a comprehensive report on security measures to be in place at the Assembly to the speaker.
Asked if it was a case of failure of the intelligence agencies that the DSC students could enter the premises without any resistence from the law enforcement authorities, the DGP refused to buy the argument.
“We cannot call it a failure. The DSC candidates have suddenly decided to enter the Assembly premises, They took the decision on the spur of the moment,” he said.
Khan would submit a report to the speaker on what went wrong on Saturday and who was responsible, the DGP said.
-Agencies