Andhra BJP leaders detained over protest to rename Jinnah Tower as APJ Abdul Kalam Tower

BJP leaders were detained by the Guntur Police for taking out a protest demanding that the Jinnah tower be renamed APJ Abdul Kalam Tower. Jinnah Tower, built in the 1940s, is a landmark monument located on Guntur's Mahatma Gandhi Road.

Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) members took out a protest in Andhra Pradesh’s Guntur city, demanding that Jinnah Tower be renamed as APJ Abdul Kalam Tower. A few BJP cadres, including national secretary Sunil Deodhar, were detained by the police.

BJP leaders on Tuesday, May 24, marched towards the Jinnah Tower in Guntur city, demanding that the tower be renamed APJ Abdul Kalam Tower.

Police, however, stopped the march and detained BJP workers, including national secretaries Sunil Deodhar and Satya Kumar.

See the brutality on patriots for demanding change of name from #JinnahTower to Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam.Protest march was organised by @BJYM4Andhra against this injustice.Minority Appeaser, autocratic @ysjagan Govt. showed their real colour to suppress voices.#No2Jinnah_Yes2Kalam pic.twitter.com/JW6EA8A4tM

Deodhar alleged police brutality and stated that the ‘autocratic’ YS Jagan-led government was involved in ‘minority appeasement’. He added that the YS Jagan-led government has shown their real colour to suppress voices.