Telangana BJP President placed under house arrest
Telangana BJP chief Bandi Sanjay was put under house arrest here on Friday for preventing him from holding a protest at the Jubilee Bus Station (JBS) against the hike in bus fares. Sanjay was to lead a protest by the party in JBS against the imposition of additional diesel cess by the Telangana State Road Transport Corporation (TSRTC). Police personnel were deployed around his house in Banjara Hills to prevent Sanjay from coming out. However, the police action was taken in view of the possibility of a protest by Sanjay at the office of the Director General of Police (DGP) against the arrest of a party leader Jitta Balakrishna Reddy.
Reddy was presented on Telangana Foundation Day (June 2) by Chief Minister K. Chandrashekhar Rao was arrested near Hyderabad in the early hours of Friday in connection with a case registered against him for organizing a derogatory drama. Sanjay, who is also an MP, later reached JBS in Secunderabad. He interacted with the bus passengers and inquired about their problems. The BJP leader condemned his detention. The fall of the Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) government has already begun, he told reporters. The BJP leader said the TRS was working in an undemocratic manner to stop him from raising his voice against the hike in bus fares. “The government has burdened the common man by increasing the rent and when we want to protest, the government is resorting to undemocratic methods like arrest and detention,” he said.
Reacting to the police personnel around his house, the BJP leader said that the government has failed to arrest the rapists and criminals, but it is taking action against the opposition party. He said that the TRS government has so far increased the TSRTC bus fare by 60 percent. He slammed the government for increasing the rent five times in three years. He alleged that this is part of a conspiracy to privatize TSRTC.
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