BJP leaders protest Andhra government's curbs on Ganesh Chaturthi festival, detained

BJP leaders in Andhra Pradesh were detained during a protest against the state government's decision to impose curbs on Ganesh Chaturthi celebrations due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

Andhra Pradesh BJP chief Somu Veeraju, and state general secretary Vishnu Vardhan Reddy Satya Kumar were detained by the police along with other party leaders while they were protesting the state government's curbs on public celebrations of the Ganesh Chaturthi festival. The BJP leaders staged a protest against the state government's decision at the Kurnool Collectorate and were detained by the police.