Telangana BJP chief put under ‘house arrest’ to prevent protest against Rahul Gandhi’s visit
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The Telangana Police on Saturday placed Bharatiya Janata Party’s state unit president N Ramchander Rao under house arrest and detained hundreds of BJP workers across the state to prevent them from staging protests against Congress leader Rahul Gandhi’s visit to Hyderabad and the Congress-organised ‘Bharat Summit’ at HITEX in Madhapur.
Adding to this, Telangana BJP President N. Ramchander Rao placed under house arrest. (PTI) A statement from Rao’s office shared scores of police personnel gathered at his residence at Tarnaka and prevented him from coming out of his house to stop the conduct of Bharat Summit.
Meanwhile, Strongly condemning the police action, Rao alleged that the Congress government was adopting an authoritarian approach by preventing the BJP from exercising its democratic right to stage peaceful protests.
Notably, “Police personnel have been deployed in large numbers outside my residence from 6 am and prevented me from leaving the house,” Rao told reporters later.
As per the latest buzz, “You can’t stop the BJP with illegal house arrests," Rao wrote on X. "Rahul Gandhi has no moral right to set foot in Telangana! What’s happening in Hyderabad is an ‘Anti-India Summit’ that tarnishes the country’s prestige. The Congress has cheated the people by failing to implement its 6 guarantees, job calendar and Rythu Bandhu. The Progressive Alliance is conspiring with foreign powers to bring about a ‘regime change’ in the country,” he added.
In further updates, The BJP state president shared party workers, including members of the BJP Yuva Morcha, were also placed under house arrest or taken into preventive custody in several districts while they were preparing to stage demonstrations with black flags against Rahul Gandhi’s visit and the summit.
On top of that, Ramchander Rao maintained that the event was neither an investment summit nor a programme aimed at promoting Telangana's industrial development. Instead, he alleged, the Congress was using public money to organise a platform for foreign delegates to discuss India's internal political affairs and project a negative image of the country and the Narendra Modi government before the international community.
He questioned the rationale behind inviting foreign individuals who, according to him, had previously expressed anti-India views. Referring to Norwegian journalist Helle Lyng , who as per reports claimed on social media that her visa had been cancelled shortly before her scheduled visit, he questioned why individuals critical of India had been invited to the event.
Source: Hindustan Times