BRS leaders taken into preventive custody ahead of Meenakshi Natarajan’s yatra in Karimnagar

BRS leaders were taken into preventive custody in Choppadandi ahead of AICC Telangana in-charge Meenakshi Natarajan’s Janahitha Yatra. They alleged the Congress government was suppressing opposition voices, while farmers and locals reportedly prepared to resist the yatra.

Karimnagar: BRS leaders were taken into preventive custody on Sunday ahead of AICC Telangana in-charge Meenakshi Natarajan’s Janahitha Yatra scheduled in Choppadandi constituency.

Police detained several opposition party leaders in the morning and shifted them to the Ramadugu police station.

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Raising slogans against the State government and local MLA Medipally Satyam, BRS leaders alleged that the Congress government was attempting to suppress the opposition’s voice by resorting to “illegal arrests”.

They asserted that there was no question of fearing arrests and said farmers and the public were ready to resist Natarajan’s yatra.

Those taken into custody included former Market Committee chairmen Mamidi Thirupathi and Puduru Mallesham, along with former sarpanches Panjala Jaganmohan Goud, Karunakar, Lachaiah, Jupaka Munindar and others.