BJP activists stage dharna

Bhartiya

Janta Party (BJP) state president G Kishan Reddy has demanded that the state

government immediately call for an Assembly session to discuss power crisis in

the state.He

also demanded that government convene an allparty meeting to discuss power situation

and prepare agenda for Assembly sessions.The

BJP state committee in Hyderabad on

Friday laid a siege to Vidyut Soudha where top leaders of party and a large

number of saffron activists were arrested by the police. When protesters tried to crash the gate, police and party activists jostled

each other.BJP

leader G Kishan Reddy, party MLAs Y Laxminarayana, N M Srinivas Reddy, former

union minister for state B Dattatreya, BJP city president G Venkatreddy marched

towards Vidyut Soudha from Khiratabad centre by chanting slogans against the

chief minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy and the Congress.Police

arrested all the leaders and cadre in phased manner and shifted them to

different police stations.Addressing

a gathering at Vidyut Soudha, BJP state president G Kishan Reddy strongly

criticised state government’s attitude towards the power sector.He

alleged that the Congress did not have vision on power generation, supply and

demand and said the power crisis has hampered the lives of people belonging to

all sections of the society.Kishan

Reddy warned the state government that if the government fails to improve the

power situation, people would come to street to intensify the protest.

He further demanded that the state government prepare

a comprehensive action plan to overcome the power situation and ensure a

seven-hour free power supply to agricultural sector.