KTR’s Miryalaguda protest gets nod, rally denied

Nalgonda police have permitted the BRS to hold a farmers’ dharna in Miryalaguda on Thursday but denied approval for its proposed rally, citing traffic and law-and-order concerns. Party working president KT Rama Rao will lead the protest.

Nalgonda: The BRS has secured police permission for the farmers’ public meeting in Miryalaguda on Thursday, but its proposed rally through the town was denied. The party working president KT Rama Rao is scheduled to participate in the protest meeting.

The BRS planned a farmers’ rally from the flyover bridge to Rajiv Chowk, followed by a public meeting, to protest the Congress government’s alleged failures and the non-release of water to the Nagarjuna Sagar Left Canal. However, the police cited traffic and law-and-order concerns and initially denied permission for both events.

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After BRS leaders met Nalgonda SP Sharath Chandra Pawar and sought reconsideration, permission was granted for a farmers’ dharna at the local NSP camp ground at 3 pm. However, the permission to the rally was denied. BRS leaders accused the government of using the police to suppress their protest.

Meanwhile, the Congress has launched a counter-campaign in Miryalaguda ahead of Rama Rao’s visit. The Congress workers have put up large flexes highlighting what they described as “10 years of BRS failures and 1,000 days of Congress development.”

The Congress leaders accused the previous BRS government of neglecting projects in Nalgonda district during its decade in power. They are gearing up to stage a counter-protest with placards during Rama Rao’s visit on Thursday.