BRS leaders Sabitha Indra Reddy, Karthik Reddy placed under house arrest over Musi hearing

Hyderabad: Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) MLA and former minister Sabitha Indra Reddy was reportedly put under house arrest on Wednesday, October 28, ahead of a public hearing on the Musi rejuvenation project at the Water and Land Management Training and Research Institute (WALAMTARI).

Her son, Karthik Indra Reddy, was also detained by the police as he tried to attend the hearing.

ఇది ప్రజాపాలన కాదు… ముమ్మాటికీ నియంతృత్వ పాలన

మూసీ సుందరీకరణ ప్రాజెక్ట్ బాధితుల పబ్లిక్ హియరింగ్‌కు వెళ్లిన బీఆర్ఎస్ నాయకుడు @KarthikIndrAnna ని పోలీసులు అక్రమంగా అరెస్ట్ చేసి ఈడ్చుకెళ్లడం దుర్మార్గం.

తమ తరఫున మాట్లాడేందుకు వస్తే ఎందుకు అరెస్ట్ చేస్తున్నారంటూ పోలీసు వాహనం… pic.twitter.com/rpcn49jvYO

— BRS Party (@BRSparty) October 28, 2026

Congress imposing Emergency-like restrictions: Sabitha

Reacting to the development, Sabitha Reddy accused the Congress government of imposing “Emergency-like restrictions” to suppress opposition voices and evade accountability on public grievances.

“Telangana under Revanth Reddy’s rule reminds us of Emergency-like restrictions on opposition leaders. Why the urgency over Musi when farmers across Telangana are struggling with drought, power shortages, and drying crops?” she said while speaking to reporters.

రైతుల మీద ఖర్చు పెట్టడానికి, కరువును ఎదుర్కోవడానికి పైసల్లేవంట.

కానీ మూసీ సుందరీకరణ పేరుతో పేదోళ్ల ఇండ్లు కూలగొట్టడానికి, లక్షల కోట్లు ఖర్చు పెట్టడానికి మాత్రం పైసలున్నాయంట.

మమ్మల్ని ఎన్ని రకాలుగా ఇబ్బందులు పెట్టినా.. మూసీ బాధితుల పక్షాన అండగా నిలుస్తాం.

– మాజీ మంత్రి,… pic.twitter.com/N1JVqn79u9

— BRS Party (@BRSparty) October 28, 2026

She added that Rs 1.40 lakh crore has been proposed for the Musi project, however, no adequate financial support was given to distressed farmers.

She said that farmers purchasing seeds for the second crop cycle were being forced to sign self-declaration waivers absolving the state of responsibility for power outages and crop failures.

She contrasted the current government to the previous BRS regime under K Chandrashekar Rao (KCR) and asserted that irrigation infrastructure was built systematically to eliminate power cuts and water shortages.

“How was the state earlier? After Telangana was formed, KCR systematically resolved every issue one by one. Tanks were restored, check dams were built, and irrigation projects were completed. For ten years, without any power cuts or water shortages, farmers cultivated bountiful harvests, making Telangana the state with the highest paddy yield in the entire country,” Reddy said.

She accused the Congress government of political vindictiveness for stalling the Kaleshwaram Lift Irrigation Scheme and shelving the Palamuru-Ranga Reddy project.

Expressing outrage over the Chief Minister’s suggestion that affected farmers enroll under MGNREGA, she added, “On top of that, the Chief Minister proudly announced: ‘I will enroll you all under the Employment Guarantee Scheme.’ Does he intend to reduce self-reliant farmers to wage labourers? A farmer feeds many others through his harvest, and the Chief Minister tells him to go work as a daily-wage labourer!”

She demanded immediate financial relief of ₹50,000 per acre for farmers suffering crop losses and vowed that the BRS would continue fighting for farmers, Musi project evacuees, women, and unemployed youth.

Other BRS leaders detained

Other BRS leaders, including Devireddy Sudheer Reddy, Dasoju Sravan Kumar, Kuruva Vijay Kumar and Tota Swami Yadav were also detained for trying to attend the public hearing, BRS alleged.

The leaders were shifted to Kanchan Bagh Police Station.

మూసీ సుందరీకరణపై ప్రజాభిప్రాయ సేకరణలో బీఆర్ఎస్ నాయకులను అక్రమంగా అరెస్టు చేసిన పోలీసులు.

మూసీ సుందరీకరణపై ప్రజాభిప్రాయ సేకరణ కార్యక్రమంలో బీఆర్ఎస్ పార్టీ తరఫున ఎమ్మెల్యే @D_SudheerReddy, ఎమ్మెల్సీ @sravandasoju, బీఆర్ఎస్ నాయకులు @KarthikIndrAnna, @KuruvaVijayBRS, తొట్ల స్వామి… pic.twitter.com/BNSOcU2lte

— BRS Party (@BRSparty) October 28, 2026

(With inputs from ANI.)

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