BRS cadres took to streets in Khammam over arrest of party leaders at Assembly

BRS cadres staged protests across the erstwhile Khammam district on Monday, condemning the arrest of party MLAs and MLCs in Hyderabad. Leaders organised rallies, road blockades and sit-ins in Sathupally, Khammam, Bonakal and Wyra, targeting the Congress government

Khammam: BRS cadres staged massive protests across the erstwhile Khammam district, condemning the arrest of party legislators at the Assembly in Hyderabad on Monday.

Led by former MLA Sandra Venkata Veeraiah, a huge rally was taken out on the streets of Sathupally. Party cadres wearing black scarves and carrying black flags raised slogans against the Congress government.

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Speaking to the media on the occasion, he strongly condemned the police action of obstructing BRS MLCs and MLAs who went to the Assembly wearing black T-shirts. He said questioning the government over public issues was the right of the Opposition and that suppressing the voice of dissent was inappropriate.

“If Congress leader Rahul Gandhi could wear black attire in Parliament, why were BRS public representatives not allowed the same privilege in the Telangana Assembly?” Veeraiah questioned.

In Khammam, former BRS city party president Pagadala Nagaraju organised a massive road blockade, while former ZP chairman L Kamal Raju led a large-scale road blockade in Bonakal mandal of Madhira constituency.

In Wyra town, former MLA Dr Bhanoth Chandravathi led BRS cadres in a protest sit-in on the road at the Wyra Ring Road junction following the arrest of the party MLAs in the Assembly. She objected to the way the police treated women MLAs.

Similar protests were held at different places in Kothagudem district, condemning the Congress government’s attitude towards BRS MLAs and MLCs. Earlier in the day, party leaders submitted representations regarding various public grievances over the government’s failure to deliver on election promises to officials during ‘Prajavani’.