TDP leaders confined to homes by police ahead of protest at Rushikonda
The Hindu
A number of senior Telugu Desam Party (TDP) leaders including Visakhapatnam (East) MLA Velagapudi Ramakrishna Babu and State president of TNSF (Telugu Nadu Student Federation) Pranav Gopal were detain
A number of senior Telugu Desam Party (TDP) leaders including Visakhapatnam (East) MLA Velagapudi Ramakrishna Babu and State president of TNSF (Telugu Nadu Student Federation) Pranav Gopal were detained at home by the police ahead of the scheduled protest near the erstwhile Haritha Resort of Andhra Pradesh Tourism Development Corporation (APTDC) at Rushikonda, in Visakhapatnam on October 27.
The city police set up pickets in front of their houses, as early as 5 a.m. and did not allow the leaders to come out, who were supposed to stage a protest at the site.
However, TDP Visakhapatnam parliamentary constituency president Palla Srinivasa Rao and former Minister Bandaru Satyanaryana were able to reach the site with some supporters, but they were not allowed inside and they staged a protest on the road.