Opposition parties’ bandh call demanding waiver of crop loans to the farmers is continuing peacefully in various parts of Karimnagar District. In Karimnagar the Congress, TDP, Left parties, BJP and YSRC leaders participated in the enforcement of bandh on Saturday by staging a sit-in in front of the RTC bus station by not allowing the buses to ply.
Former Minister D. Sridhar Babu, DCC President K. Mruthyunjayam, former MP Ponnam Prabhakar, former whip Arepalli Mohan, former Z.P. Chairperson A. Laxman Kumar, Mahila Congress state president N. Sharada and other district leaders squatted in front of the out gate of RTC bus station.
The TDP leaders led by its president Ch. Vijaya Ramana Rao and others staged `sit-in' in front of the in gate at the RTC bus station complex. The leaders of Left parties led by CPIM member G. Mukund Reddy, CPI secretary K. Ramgopal Reddy and others participated in the dharna at both the gates and moved frequently on to the roads enforcing the bandh.
Though, all the buses were confined to their respective depots, some of the night-halt buses which were proceeding to various destinations via Karimnagar were forced to stop by the protestors and detained the passengers.
Heavy police forces were deployed at the RTC bus station complex to prevent any untoward incident. Similarly, the mobile parties were also moving in the town to check the movement of miscreants during the bandh.
