According to the latest reports, Revanth Reddy, the president of the Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee, was detained by city police in Jubilee Hills on Thursday morning.
Revanth Reddy was on his way to Gandhi Bhavan, where a protest was planned to coincide with Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao’s birthday.
The Congress party called to stage a protest on the event of Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) chief and Telangana CM K Chandrashekar Rao’s birthday on Thursday, February 17.
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Revanth Reddy’s supporters attempted to prevent him from being apprehended by the police. The police, on the other hand, moved him to the Langar Houz police station.
The police also made preparations at Gandhi Bhavan in Nampally to prevent any protest by Congress supporters.
Revanth Reddy took to Twitter to share a video of himself being detained by the police. “Police arrested for the second day in a row so that CM can celebrate his birthday,” he stated. “Unemployed youth are giving up their lives… Is it time to celebrate?!”
Meanwhile, state president and MP Bandi Sanjay of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) wished the CM a happy birthday in a letter. Himanta Biswa Sarma, the Chief Minister of Assam, also took to Twitter to express his wishes. Prime Minister Narendra Modi also wished KCR a happy birthday.
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To honour the event, the ruling party has scheduled massive celebrations across the state. Telangana Chief Minister KCR is celebrating his birthday with family and well-wishers.
On Wednesday, February 16, multiple billboards describing KCR as ‘Maker of Golden’ Telangana were seen in Surat, famously called the diamond city of India.
KCR recently criticised Prime Minister Modi and the BJP, announcing that he will join forces with other like-minded leaders to remove the BJP from office.
