Hyderabad: Tribals protest at BJP office after Union Minister’s statement
Hyderabad: Mild tension prevailed at the BJP State office in Nampally on Wednesday afternoon when a large number of tribals came to register their protest against the Union Minister of State for Tribal Affairs Bishweswar Tudu for denying that the Centre did not receive any proposal from Telangana government seeking an increase in reservation for Schedule Tribes to 12 per cent in Lok Sabha.
Irate tribals raised slogans against the Union Minister denouncing his attitude in Lok Sabha. When the tribals tried to enter the party office, the police prevented them by placing barricades resulting in a scuffle between them.
Since the tribals did not heed to the repeated requests of the police to leave the premises, the police resorted to mild lathi-charge and dispersed them.
The police later took scores of tribals into preventive custody. A police picket was also posted to prevent any untoward incident at the party office.
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