BJP activists stage dharna

BJP activists stage dharna

BhartiyaJanta Party (BJP) state president G Kishan Reddy has demanded that the stategovernment immediately call for an Assembly session to discuss power crisis inthe state.

Healso demanded that government convene an allparty meeting to discuss power situationand prepare agenda for Assembly sessions.

TheBJP state committee in Hyderabad onFriday laid a siege to Vidyut Soudha where top leaders of party and a largenumber of saffron activists were arrested by the police. When protesters tried to crash the gate, police and party activists jostledeach other.

BJPleader G Kishan Reddy, party MLAs Y Laxminarayana, N M Srinivas Reddy, formerunion minister for state B Dattatreya, BJP city president G Venkatreddy marchedtowards Vidyut Soudha from Khiratabad centre by chanting slogans against thechief minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy and the Congress.

Policearrested all the leaders and cadre in phased manner and shifted them todifferent police stations.

Addressinga gathering at Vidyut Soudha, BJP state president G Kishan Reddy stronglycriticised state government’s attitude towards the power sector.

Healleged that the Congress did not have vision on power generation, supply anddemand and said the power crisis has hampered the lives of people belonging toall sections of the society.

KishanReddy warned the state government that if the government fails to improve thepower situation, people would come to street to intensify the protest.

He further demanded that the state government preparea comprehensive action plan to overcome the power situation and ensure aseven-hour free power supply to agricultural sector.

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