Telangana BJP chief detained as police foil protest at Assembly
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Hyderabad: Police detained Telangana BJP president N Ramchander Rao and other leaders and activists on Monday when they tried to march towards the Assembly to demand that the Congress government implement its electoral promises. The police detained BJP leaders at various places to foil the planned march to the Assembly.
The state BJP had given a call for laying siege to the Assembly to protest what it calls the government’s failure to implement six guarantees and other promises made in the elections. Carrying BJP flags and raising anti-government slogans, the party leaders and workers tried to advance towards the Assembly but were stopped and detained by the police. Ramchander Rao was taken to Panjagutta Police Station. Some BJP leaders visited the police station to express solidarity with Ramchander Rao. Reacting strongly to detentions, Ramchander Rao remarked that it’s not ‘Praja Palana’ (people’s rule) in the state but ‘Indiramma Rajyam’ of 1975.
“Congress has once again exposed its anti-democratic mindset by trying to crush dissent and silence protest.
