Watch: BRSV leaders arrested ahead of Group-1 candidates’ round table meet in Hyderabad

A round table meeting of student unions in Hyderabad, organised to demand the implementation of the High Court’s verdict on Group-1 exams, was disrupted by police action leading to the arrest of key student leaders including BRSV president Gellu Srinivas Yadav. The unions pledged to continue their agitation until justice is delivered to Group-1 aspirants.

Hyderabad: A round table meeting of student unions at Sundarayya Vigyan Kendra, convened to demand implementation of the High Court verdict on Group-1 exams, was disrupted on Tuesday when police arrested BRSV State president Gellu Srinivas Yadav, vice president Thunga Balu and others. They were taken into custody and shifted to the Abids Police Station.

The meeting had been called by multiple student organisations to chart out future action on the Group-1 issue. The student unions, including BRS and PDSU, scheduled to participate in the meeting, condemned the arrests and vowed to continue their agitation until justice was done for Group-1 aspirants.

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Speaking before his arrest, Gellu Srinivas Yadav accused Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy of curbing the democratic rights of candidates.

“Even a peaceful, permitted meeting is being disrupted. This is proof of the government’s authoritarian rule,” he said, likening the arrests to Emergency-era tactics.

He questioned why the State was so wary of students’ organisations meeting. He urged all political parties and civil society organisations to condemn the Congress government’s anti-democratic policies.

 

హైదరాబాద్: గ్రూప్ 1 అభ్యర్థుల భవిష్యత్ ను దృష్టిలో ఉంచుకొని హైకోర్ట్ తీర్పును అమలుచేయాలని ఈ రోజు అన్ని విద్యార్థి సంఘాలతో సుందరయ్య విజ్ఞాన భవన్ లో రౌండ్ టేబుల్ సమావేశం ఏర్పాటు చేస్తే సమావేశం జరగకుండా అడ్డుకుంటుంది ఈ చేతకాని రేవంత్ రెడ్డి ప్రభుత్వం…#group1scam pic.twitter.com/WbtXOMGAnp

— Gellu Srinivas Yadav (@GelluSrinuBRS) September 16, 2025