Hyderabad: Hundreds of BJP activists were arrested by Hyderabad police from different parts of the city while protesting against the passage of a Bill by the Telangana Legislature increasing employment reservations for some backward sections of the state’s Muslim community. The protesters allegedly vandalised RTC buses at Afzalgunj.
All five BJP MLAs — G Kishan Reddy, K. Laxman, N.V.S.S. Prabhakar, Ch Ramachandra Reddy and T. Raja Singh — were arrested while they were protesting at the Gandhi statue on the Assembly premises. Earlier, five of them were suspended from the Assembly during the session.
Meanwhile, around 1,000 BJP workers, who were trying to take out a march towards the Assembly were detained by the police from various parts of the city and outskirts.
The protesters shouted slogans against Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao and the TRS government and demanded their resignation. Besides BJP activists, several ABVP workers were also arretsed by the cops.
East zone police has booked a case against the attackers, who vandalised two RTC buses near Afzalgunj in the city. Many other BJP workers were detained under preventive measures and were let off later.
