Hyderabad, Oct. 9 -- Bharat Rashtra Samiti (BRS) leader KT Rama Rao and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Thursday accused the Congress government in Telangana of harassing independent journalist Jalli Rekha, alleging that she was questioned for nearly seven hours at the Central Crime Station (CCS) in Hyderabad while carrying her six-month-old baby.

In a post on X, the BJP claimed that Rekha, who runs a YouTube channel, was questioned over her coverage of allegations of corruption involving the family of Telangana Chief Minister (CM) Revanth Reddy.

The BJP criticised the Congress over the alleged treatment of the journalist, saying, "This is the same Congress that loudly chants 'Smash the Patriarchy.' Yet here was a nursing mother, fo...