Alleging that police personnel did not allow some DSC applicants to appear for the exams by putting them under house arrest, student organizations and political leaders staged a demonstration at the Secretariat in protest against the police action.
A host of retired All India Service officers who along with their families visited the BR Ambedkar Secretariat at the invitation of Chief Secretary A Santhi Kumari at the behest of Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao, heaped praise on its design and grandeur