Opening a new front against Chief Minsiter N Kiran Kumar Reddy, five Congress MPs from Telangana region on Tuesday moved a contempt petition against him for their arrest during Telangana March held on September 30.
The MPs Manda Jagannatham, G Vivek, Ponnam Prabhakar, S Rajaiah and Madhu Yashki Goud – in their petition, lodged before Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar, alleged that the Chief Minister got them arrested illegally. They requested the Speaker to take necessary action against Kiran Kumar Reddy by registering Contempt of the House case against him.
–Agencies