VV Balakrishna
First Published : 14 May 2010 04:26:45 AM IST
Last Updated : 14 May 2010 09:09:37 AM IST
NALGONDA: As expected, leader of the opposition N Chandrababu Naidu’s Telangana tour has been marred by protests.
Around 10 TRS workers waved party flags and banners at the Miryalaguda market yard in the district where Naidu addressed farmers. They also raised the slogan, `Jai Telangana’.
Police whisked them away from the dais.
According to sources, the Nalgonda police took several TRS leaders, particularly the T-JAC leaders in the district, into preventive custody to prevent any untoward incidents in view of Naidu’s tour. The preventive arrests helped Naidu complete his tour without any glitch.
An angry Naidu shouted back at the TRS protesters: ``Go back, TRS. It is not good to disturb the meeting which is intended to know the plight of paddy farmers.’’ TDP’s Telangana leaders too were fighting for the cause of Telangana, he told them.
Talking with reporters in Nalgonda later in the evening, Naidu charged the TRS with disturbing the meeting of another political party.
``What will you do if we disturb your meetings?’’ he questioned TRS leaders.
Staging demonstrations by one political party at the meetings of other political parties was unethical, the Telugu Desam chief said.
When a TV channel reporter told Naidu that they (TRS) were Telanganites and they raised slogans against Naidu, he said, pointing to senior TDP leaders at the press meet, that they too were Telanganites.
The TD chief, in his typical style, asked the TV reporter whether he came from Raj News, which is supported by the TRS.
The reporter reminded Naidu that he too owned Studio N. Replying to this Naidu said that owning a news channel was no wrong but they had to respect each other. ``We have respect for reporters of other channels.
But, if the situation demands, we will boycott some channels owned by political parties,’’ he said. ``Other channels are free to boycott the TDP too,’’ he hastened to add.
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