Arrest illegal; free Bandi, allow yatra: BJP leaders
Deccan ChronicleHyderabad: BJP leaders strongly condemned the arrest of Telangana unit president Bandi Sanjay Kumar on Sunday and criticised the government for the last-minute rejection of permission for the fifth phase of his Praja Sangrama Yatra. BJP Adilabad MP Soyam Bapu Rao said the government's action reflected the undemocratic and dictatorial style of functioning of Chief Minister K. Chandrashekar Rao. Bapu Rao pointed out that the police had inspected the arrangements at the meeting venue and the arrangements for helipad for the landing of Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis. BJP state official spokesperson N.V. Subhash said, "This shows that the KCR government wanted to disturb the peaceful padayatra, thus creating a law and order situation and stop the padayatra.