Protests over urea shortage intensified in Mahabubabad and Khammam districts, with farmers resorting to stone-pelting, raiding warehouses, and clashing with police. In Mahabubabad, angry farmers targeted a fertilizer outlet.
A severe urea shortage has triggered widespread protests across Telangana, with farmers blocking roads, staging demonstrations, and expressing despair over government inaction. From Narayanpet to Kamareddy, incidents range from a woman collapsing in a fertilizer queue to farmers burning symbolic fires in protest.
Actor-turned-politician, BJP MP Kangana Ranaut stoked controversy by saying that farmers' protest could have led to Bangladesh-like situations in India, if the top leadership was not strong.
KTR announced that the party would employ all forms of protests that were used during the Telangana Statehood movement to bring the State government to its knees and deliver the electoral promises made to the people
As part of the state-wide agitation, the BRS leaders including party MLAs, former MLAs, other public representatives, district presidents and workers participated in dharnas staged in constituency headquarters
The farmers have put forth 12 demands before the central government for which they're marching to Delhi. The protest this time has been called by Sanyukt Kisan Morcha and Punjab Kisan Mazdoor Sangharsh Committee led by farmer union leaders Jagjeet Singh Dallewal and Sarwan Singh Pandher.
The 21-year-old activist was arrested on Saturday from Bengaluru for being allegedly involved in sharing the "toolkit" related to the farmer's protest on social media.
The Cyber Cell had lodged an FIR against "pro-Khalistan" creators of the "toolkit" for waging a "social, cultural and economic war against the Government of India".
According to Twitter, the company blocked these accounts in the interim in response to a valid legal request from the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY).
