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Union minister Kishan Reddy prevented by police from visiting Telangana housing project site; sits on road in protest

HYDERABAD: High drama prevailed in Hyderabad on Thursday as Union Minister and Telangana BJP president G Kishan Reddy along with other party leaders sat on the road after being stopped by police from proceeding to inspect a site of the BRS government's housing scheme for the poor.

Reddy squatted on the Outer Ring Road, miffed at being prevented from heading to the housing site.

"Am I a criminal? Am I a terrorist? I have a right to go anywhere in India," Reddy told Commissioner of Rachakonda Police D S Chauhan who tried to persuade the Union Minister and other leaders to vacate the place.

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