Several TDP leaders placed under house arrest in Chittoor, Kadapa

TDP Mydukur in-charge and TTD board former chairman Putta Sudhakar Yadav was prevented from leaving his home in Proddatur town.

Several leaders of the Telugu Desam Party (TDP) were placed under house arrest on November 9 to thwart their participation in the dharna and protest demonstration against the State government for not reducing the VAT on petroleum products.

In Kadapa, M. Linga Reddy and R. Sreenivasa Reddy, the TDP’s in-charges for Kadapa and Rajampet parliamentary constituencies respectively, were placed under house arrest. Policemen gathered at their respective residences ahead of their scheduled departure to the dharna venue to participate in the demonstration. They were prevented from leaving their house, even as they insisted that the act was a breach of their right to protest guaranteed by the constitution.

TDP Mydukur in-charge and TTD board former chairman Putta Sudhakar Yadav was prevented from leaving his home in Proddatur town. He wondered what was the need for his ‘house arrest’ as he was proceeding to express his resentment in a democratic manner. Even as he was surrounded by the police, Mr. Yadav shouted slogans against the State government for failing to keep his election-eve promise of reducing VAT on petroleum products. Party leaders Singa Reddy Govardhan Reddy and RIMS former Chairman Jeelani Basha were arrested in Kadapa when they were on the way to the protest site. Similarly, R. Ramesh Reddy was arrested in Lakkireddipalle, MLC B.Tech Ravi in Pulivendula and Praveen Kumar Reddy in Kadapa.