Opposition legislators stage dharna outside Assembly Hyderabad, Oct 5 (INN): The MLAs and MLCs of all opposition parties on Monday staged a joint dharna before the statue of Mahatma Gandhi in Assembly premises in protest against their suspension from the Telangana Legislative Assembly and Council for stalling the proceedings on farmers' issues.
Leaders of Opposition K. Jana Reddy (Assembly) and Mohammed Ali Shabbir (Council), TPCC President N Uttam Kumar Reddy, BJP President G. Kishan Reddy and other legislators of TDP, BJP, YSRCP and Left Parties squatted on footpath in front of Mahatma Gandhi statue. The legislators avoided any confrontation with the police and informed their senior police officials that they would disburse after about half-an-hour.
The legislators carried placards carrying slogans against the State Government for its alleged failure to address the farmers' issues. Later, the MLAs and MLCs ended their dharna and went back to their respective Legislature Party offices in Assembly.
News Posted: 5 October, 2015
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