It was a day of drama and action with the police putting the Congress leaders under house arrest in the morning followed by defiant senior Congress leaders coming out of their homes to reach the Vidyut Soudha overcoming the barricades and scuffles with the police en route.
On Thursday the Telangana Congress called for laying siege to the Vidyut Soudha against the increased power charges and also the Civil Supplies Department, and questioned the government’s reluctance to procure paddy from the farmers this season.
A posse of policemen surrounded the residence of Telangana Congress chief, A. Revanth Reddy blocking all the roads leading to his residence in Banjara Hills. Similar obstacles were created at the residences of important leaders to ensure that they don’t reach the Vidyut Soudha even as hundreds of Congress workers dropped in batches at the protest site to maintain the heat.
