The minister drew a sharp comparison between the governance models of Karnataka and Telangana, asserting that while Karnataka suffered under a "5 hours power failure model," Telangana thrived with a "24 hours power-full model."
Of those arrested, five are Congress and three are BRS party workers. Ibrahimpatnam police said necessary charges have been framed against the suspects and efforts were on to identify and nab others involved in the clash.
BRS working president K T Rama Rao deemed it "unnecessary" to conduct a separate caste census for the minorities along with the BCs, asserting that it would harm both BCs and the minorities.
Speaking to the media, Ramesh Reddy, who has already filed nomination, said that Revanth Reddy did injustice to him and provided an opportunity to Ramreddy Damodar Reddy as the party candidate for Suryapet AC.
Raghava Reddy, former chairman of the District Cooperative Central Bank (DCCB), expressed discontent after being denied the party ticket and filed nomination as both the Congress and All India Forward Bloc candidate on Thursday.
In a letter written to the TPCC chief A Revanth Reddy he said that he served Congress party for four and half decades with sincerity and integrity but was forced to quit the party with a heavy heart in the wake of insulting developments taking place in the party.
Launching her party's election campaign in Chhattisgarh, Mayawati also criticised the BJP-led Union government for ignoring OBC, Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes women
The searches, which began at around 3 a.m., were continuing amid tight security. The I-T officials have seized mobile phones of the employees before carrying out the searches.