Hyderabad, Jan. 21 -- Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) Working President K.T. Rama Rao (KTR) hit out at Congress MP Mallu Ravi for alleged verbal and physical assault on BRS leader and Alampur MLA Vijayaram, calling it "an open attack on democracy."

In a post on X on Wednesday, KTR reacted to a video posted by BRS' official handle on X in which Congress' Ravi was allegedly attacking a person.

KTR condemned the level that "Congress leaders have stooped to."

"Congress MP Mallu Ravi verbally abusing and physically assaulting BRS leader and Alampur MLA Vijayaram is an open attack on democracy. This is a glaring example of the degraded politics that Congress leaders have stooped to, in order to intimidate the opposition and silence their voices...