Congress protests against fule, power tariff hike
Deccan ChronicleHYDERABAD: TPCC president A. Revanth Reddy, CLP leader Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka and senior Congress leaders were placed under house arrest on Thursday to prevent them from protesting against the hike in power tariff and delay in paddy procurement. Police in large numbers were deployed at the residence of Revanth Reddy, Mallu Bhatti, Mohammad Ali Shabbir, Mallu Ravi, Dasoju Sravan, Harkara Venugopal and others to prevent them from leaving home. Revanth Reddy, Mallu Bhatti, MLA D. Sridhar Babu, MLC T. Jeevan Reddy and other leaders then proceed to Vidyut Soudha, where they staged a sit-in. Revanth Reddy, Mallu Bhatti, Sridhar Babu, Jeevan Reddy, senior leaders Mallu Ravi, A. Maheshwar Reddy, Anvesh Reddy, Vinod Reddy met CMD and urged to rollback the power tariff.