he bandh call given by the Opposition parties had little impact in the twin cities though shops and petrol bunks were closed in some parts of the city. By afternoon, normalcy was restored across the city.
The RTC buses plied normally in several routes while the services were affected in some routes in the morning where the agitating activists of the Opposition parties did not let the buses come out of the bus depots.
In several places, activists moved around on the vehicles and forcibly closed the shops and petrol bunks. With schools, colleges, banks and the government offices closed as it was second Saturday the impact was not felt much on the city roads.
Buses attacked
Two buses were attacked by some unknown persons near Musheerabad and they were partially damaged. There were 30 people in the bus at that time, but none of them were injured.
Several TDP-BJP and Congress leaders, including E. Dayakar Rao, L. Ramana, A. Revanth Reddy, M. Gopinath, G. Sayanna, K. Laxman, Ch. Ramachandra Reddy, Md. Ali Shabbir and P. Sudhakar Reddy were arrested at Jubilee bus-station when they tried to prevent movement of buses.
Similarly, Congress leaders N. Uttamkumar Reddy, Danam Nagender, Anjan Kumar Yadav and Ponnala Lakshmaiah, CPI leader K. Narayana were held at Mahatma Gandhi Bus Station.
Tension prevailed at RTC Crossroads following a jostling between the activists of Left parties and people’s organisations with the police when they tried to proceed towards Indira Park, starting from Sundarayya Vignana Kendram. State secretaries of CPI and CPI (M) Chada Venkat Reddy and Tammineni Veerabhadram, Telangana Democratic Front leaders P. Varavara Rao, Vimalakka and Sandhya were arrested there.
Speaking after his arrest Mr. Varavara Rao alleged that the government was stifling the democratic voice by resorting to arrest of political activists participating in the bandh.
The government with an anti-people attitude would have to bite the dust one day, he lamented.
the government was stifling the democratic voice by resorting to arrest of political activistsVaraVara Rao
