» TDP MP, MLAs Hold Protest At Secretariat, Arrested
TDP MP, MLAs Hold Protest At Secretariat, Arrested
Several TDP leaders including Rajya Sabha MP C M Ramesh, and many MLAs, were arrested by the city police when they staged a protest in at the State Secretariat against the proposed hike in power tariff.
Several Telugu Desam Party leaders including Rajya Sabha MP C M Ramesh, and many MLAs, were arrested by the city police when they staged a protest in at the State Secretariat against the proposed hike in power tariff.
The TDP leaders including Gali Muddukrishnamma Naidu, Ravula Chandrasekhar Reddy, Errabelli Dayakar Rao and others came to the Chief Minister's Office to submit a memorandum on the issue. The TDP leaders were informed that Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy was away in East Godavari while Chief Secretary Minnie Mathew too was not present in the Secretariat at that time. However, they staged a sit-in-protest before the C-Block housing the CMO, while raising slogans demanding that the government drop the proposal to increase the power tariff.
Muddukrishnanma Naidu told reporters that the government has imposed a burden of over Rs. 15,000 crore in the last few years by increasing the power tariff in various forms including Fuel Surcharge Adjustment. They alleged that while the common man was unable to pay the bill, several industrial have shut their operations leading to unemployment of thousands of workers. (INN)