Telangana BJP chief placed under house arrest; party calls summit ‘anti-Bharat’ | Hyderabad News
Hyderabad: Telangana BJP president N Ramchander Rao was placed under house arrest by the police at his residence in Tarnaka on Saturday, preventing him from staging a black flag protest against the Bharat Summit and Congress leader Rahul Gandhi’s visit to the city.Addressing the media at his residence, Rao termed the event an ‘anti-Bharat Summit’ and described it as a gathering of foreign representatives with anti-India sentiments. “I condemn the house arrests of BJP leaders and workers. The arrests are completely unjust and illegal. Congress govt, which constantly preaches about democracy, is suppressing the democratic right to protest by detaining opposition leaders,” Rao said.He alleged that the summit wastes taxpayers’ money and is not intended to attract investment. Rao also alleged that Progressive Alliance was sponsoring the event and had previously funded student protests and unrest in Bangladesh, Nepal, France and Germany, leading to regime changes. He claimed that more than half of the invited international delegates had anti-India records.Rao said Rahul Gandhi has no moral right to visit Telangana, as the six guarantees promised to farmers, students and youth three years ago remained unfulfilled. He alleged that the govt had not issued any job notifications or published a job calendar and that Rythu Bharosa has not been properly implemented. In a separate statement, BJP state spokesperson N V Subhash demanded the unconditional release of Rao and the detained party workers. He said the party would protest with black flags despite police restrictions.
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