“I faced police lathis in Babli,” he said, referring to his arrest in Maharashtra, where he had gone to protest the construction of a barrage on the Godavari.
Trouble started as Mr Naidu was addressing his first meeting at Chevella, criticising the state government for neglecting farmers.
Even as he was speaking, a group of TRS activists shouted “Naidu go back” and “Jai Telangana.” Police took some of them into custody. The TD chief faced even more violent crowds at Pargi. A mob of students attacked the residence of the local TD legislator, Mr Harishwar Reddy, with stones when Mr Naidu and others made a brief stopover for breakfast. When Telangana activists shouted “Naidu go back,” the TD activists hit back by shouting “KCR down down.” The agitators then rained stones and police swung into action, resorted to a lathicharge and chased them away. Police sources said that they had got no information about Mr Naidu stopping at the house of the MLA and this caused trouble.
Mr Naidu left under heavy police escort to Mahbubnagar where he held a dharna along with senior TD leaders including Dr Nagam Janardhan Reddy in front of district collectorate office at around 6 pm to protest against fertiliser shortage and harassment of farmers.
“Though I have made it clear that we are not against Telangana, some vested interests are trying to mislead people,” Mr Naidu said at Gundumur in Kosgi mandal. “I want to see a state without poverty.”
Meanwhile, police has made elaborate security arrangements for the Ranga Reddy bandh called by the TRS and supported by the Joint Action Committee.
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