Hyderabad:Sunday was a day of high political drama in Karimnagar district which ended in Telangana BJP chief Bandi Sanjay Kumar being taken into custody by police for allegedly violating the state government’s guidelines to check Covid spread.
Bandi, the MP from Karimnagar had planned to undertake 'jagarana' at his office in the town between 9 pm on Sunday to 5 am on Monday against a state government order (GO) number 317 that concerns introducing a zonal system in the allocation of jobs.
Kumar alleged that the government order hurts the interests of teachers and other government employees regarding their transfer.
He was taken into police custody in the night but not before high drama unfolded when Bandi and dozens of other party workers locked themselves up in the camp office. Police, according to reports, had to use gas cutters and other equipment to cut through the metal door.
It was chaotic as police and dozens of BJP workers grappled with each other flouting all Covid-19 protocols. By the end of it, around 150 people were detained amid massive sloganeering against Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao.
According to the police, there was no official request for permission to hold the protest and the gathering of party workers was against the guidelines issued by the Central and state governments to prevent the spread of COVID-19.