Forest Officials Strip And Assault Tribal Women In Telangana

Hyderabad, June 21 (Maxim News):  BRS Working President K.Tarak Rama Rao strongly condemned the shocking and inhuman assault on tribal women by forest officials in Irevandi village, Burgampadu Mandal, Bhadrachalam-Kothagudem district. “The act of tearing saris off tribal women and beating them mercilessly is not law enforcement – it is brutality. It is not governance, it is barbarism,” said KTR. He called the incident a direct assault on the dignity of women and the soul of democracy.

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KTR questioned the moral compass of the Congress government, stating, “In which democracy do uniformed officers attack unarmed women for simply protecting their land and identity? KTR demanded an apology from Congress party leaders Rahul Gandhi and Kharge.

“Is this the Congress you promised to this nation? A government that strips and beats tribal women simply for defending their land? Is this your model of justice and equality? Your Chief Minister in Telangana is running a regime of fear — where bulldozers replace dialogue, and tribal dignity is crushed under forest police officers’ boots. If you remain silent now, your silence will be seen as complicity. The nation is watching. You owe the Adivasi/tribal women of Telangana not just an apology — but action. Fire the guilty, apologize to the tribal families, and prove that Congress still has a soul left.”

The women were defending their Podu lands, cultivated by their families for decades. In response, the state sent in bulldozers and armed men under the guise of forest protection — leading to a horrific scene of women being stripped, beaten, and humiliated in front of their families. KTR warned that this incident is not isolated but a reflection of Chief Minister Revanth Reddy’s violent mindset.

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“When a CM openly declares in the Assembly that he will strip women who question him, how can his officers be expected to behave any better?”

KTR accused the Congress government of encouraging a “bulldozer culture” and urged the party to replace its hand symbol with a bulldozer to reflect its real ideology. “When a goon sits in the CM’s chair, the state turns into a factory of fear, and democracy turns into tyranny,” he said.

He demanded immediate suspension of the officers involved, criminal cases under the SC/ST Atrocities Act, and a public apology from the Chief Minister. KTR assured the tribal communities that BRS will stand shoulder-to-shoulder with them, fight this injustice on every platform — from the Assembly to the streets, and from national media to the courts. (Maxim News)

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