Opposition party leaders, activists detained ahead of Revanth Reddy’s Kothagudem visit

Ahead of Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy’s Kothagudem visit, police detained several opposition activists and leaders. BRS condemned the arrests, citing government inaction on urea supply and alleging misuse of Kaleshwaram project reports to target political rivals.

Kothagudem: Police detained several activists of political parties and people’s organisations on Wednesday as a precautionary measure during Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy’s visit to Kothagudem.

CPM district committee member Bhukya Ramesh was picked up early in the morning and taken to the three-town police station in Kothagudem. Several CPI (ML) Mass Line activists were taken into custody at Dammapet.

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In Aswapuram mandal, Gram Panchayat Workers Union district president Gaddala Sivakrishna, along with Sewalal Sena leaders Bhukya Narasimha Nayak and Somla Nayak, was also detained. Telangana State Activists Welfare Association state general secretary B Nageswara Rao, who was taken into custody by Paloncha rural police, demanded that the Congress government fulfil its promises made to Telangana activists.

BRS leader Poorna Chandra Nayak, who was taken to the two-town police station, condemned the arrests, stating that “public agitations cannot be stopped with illegal arrests.” He alleged that the government had failed to supply urea to farmers and should step down.

He further accused Chief Minister Revanth Reddy of using the PC Ghosh Commission report on the Kaleshwaram project to target BRS president K Chandrashekhar Rao. He also alleged that the government was diverting Godavari waters to other areas through the Sitarama project instead of irrigating fields in Kothagudem district.

Calling upon Lambadi activists to protest at the Chief Minister’s public meeting, he expressed dissent against Bhadrachalam MLA Tellam Venkat Rao and former MP Soyam Bapu Rao. He urged the Congress high command to act against the two leaders for creating social conflicts by approaching the court to remove Lambadas from the Scheduled Tribes list.