HyderabadA delegation of Congress women MLAs and other members lodged a complaint with the Telangana State Commission for Women seeking an inquiry and appropriate legal action against several Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) legislators over their alleged misconduct with women police personnel during a confrontation at the Legislative Assembly on September 7.The complaint, submitted to the Commission for Women, alleged that the incident at Gate No. 3 involved “disgraceful conduct”, misogynistic remarks and physical intimidation of women police personnel deployed on security duty.According to the complaint, BRS leaders such as former Minister T. Harish Rao, BRS working president K.T. Rama Rao, MLC Naveen Kumar Reddy and MLAs Bandari Lakshma Reddy, K.P. Vivekanand and D. Sudheer Reddy, confronted the police personnel.The women MLAs, Uttam Padmavathi and Yashaswini Reddy, alleged that several male legislators removed their shirts in full public view and stood in their inner vests while moving into close proximity to the women police personnel.They also alleged that certain BRS leaders used derogatory and sexist language against the women personnel. The complaint claimed that KTR made a reference to the mythological character Shikhandi while questioning the deployment of women police personnel, which they termed as offensive and demeaning to working women.Ms. Uttam Padmavathi said the incident was an assault on the dignity of women public servants. The elected representatives should be held accountable for their conduct towards women personnel discharging official responsibilities, irrespective of political affiliation. Published - September 08, 2026 09:11 pm IST