BRS leaders placed under house arrest to foil visit to Parigi
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Hyderabad: Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) deputy leader in Telangana Legislative Assembly and former minister T Harish Rao and several other party leaders were placed under house arrest on Tuesday to prevent them from leaving for Parigi in Vikarabad district, where they were planning to meet farmers affected by the industrial park project.
Former minister Sabitha Indra Reddy and several other leaders from the erstwhile Ranga Reddy and Vikarabad districts were placed under house arrest.
Police stepped up security outside the house of Harish Rao to foil his plans to visit Parigi.
Talking to media persons, Harish Rao condemned the detentions. He asked why the government was scared when they were just planning to stage a ‘dharna’ in a peaceful manner. “Is this the people’s government,” he asked.
Meanwhile, BRS working president KT Rama Rao has condemned the house arrest of Harish Rao and other leaders. He termed the house arrests and detention as illegal. Former MLAs Mahesh Reddy, Narender Reddy and Menthuku Anand, Vikarabad district president and other leaders have also been detained.
Rama Rao said that the house arrests and detentions of the leaders who were on their way to stand in solidarity with farmers fighting to protect their land, is a cowardly act by the government.
