BRS leaders stage protest in Yellareddy, allege police favouring Congress
Tension erupted in Yellareddy and Devarkonda municipalities as BRS leaders accused police of favouring Congress candidates during polling. Former MLA Jajula Surender staged a road protest and was later taken into custody. Minor confrontations were reported in multiple wards.
Nizamabad: Tension prevailed in Yellareddy municipality after BRS leaders staged a protest alleging that the police were favouring the ruling Congress party in the elections.
Accusing the police of extending undue support to Congress MLA from Yellareddy Madanmohan Rao, former BRS MLA Jajula Surender squatted on the road in protest.
“Right from DSP, CI and SI, all the police officers are favouring the Congress MLA and working against the democratic principles. These are not fair elections,” Surender charged.
As the former MLA and his supporters squatted on the road and raised slogans against the Congress government, the police attempted to bundle them into their vehicles, leading to heated arguments between the two sides.
Later, the police took the former MLA and other BRS leaders into custody.
In a similar incident at Devarkonda in the erstwhile Nalgonda district, BRS leaders argued with the police, accusing them of working in favour of the ruling party. Tension prevailed in the 16th ward after BRS and Congress leaders were engaged in a verbal confrontation over the alleged misuse of power by ruling party leaders.
As leaders of both parties continued to argue, the police reportedly targeted BRS workers and instructed them to leave the spot.
