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Monday, July 5, 2010

BHARATH BANDH: Chandrababu,Venkaiah among arrested in Andhra Pradesh

Hyderabad, Jul 5 : Former BJP president M.Venkaiah Naidu, Former Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister and Telugu Desam Party (TDP) president N Chandrababu Naidu, CPI(M) Politburo member B.V.Raghavulu and CPI National Council member K Narayana were among hundreds of BJP, TDP and Left Party workers were arrested today as they staged protests and 'rasta roko', demanding rollback of the fuel price increase, across Andhra Pradesh, which evoked mixed response.Mr Venkaiah Naidu and former Union Minister B Dattatreya were among the BJP workers arrested during a sit-in at Khairatabad Junction. State BJP president G Kishen Reddy was detained at his residence.TDP President N.Chandrababu Naidu was arrested as he squatted at Ameerpet Cross Roads for disrupting traffic and shifted to Banjara Hills Police Station where he continued to stage dharna, demanding not only rollback of fuel prices -- a part of Bharat Bandh agenda -- and also against the recent liquor policy of the State.
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