
Protests against Raghava
The Hindu
Demonstrators demand Venkateshwara Rao’s resignation as Kothagudem MLA
Widespread protests rocked Telangana’s industrial hub of Kothagudem and Paloncha towns on Friday as demonstrators took to streets in response to the bandh called by the JAC of various political parties demanding action against local TRS leader Vanama Raghava for allegedly abetting the suicide of a debt-ridden businessman.
The victim immolated himself with his wife and two daughters in old Paloncha town on Monday.
Taking up cudgels against what they called a “rein of anarchy” allegedly unleashed by Raghava, son of Kothagudem MLA Vanama Venkateshwara Rao, activists of the Congress, CPI, CPI (M) and other Opposition parties besides activists of women’s organisations staged a dharna in Kothagudem.