08-28-2007, 12:55 AM
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin--><b>Hyderabad joins BJP's protests </b>
Pioneer.com
Omer Farooq | Hyderabad
The Statewide strike called by the BJP in protest against Saturday's deadly blasts in Hyderabad evoked a mixed response in Andhra Pradesh. While in Hyderabad, it was almost total with people responding spontaneously and keeping shops and business establishments closed, it had partial impact in the districts of Telangana. However, in the coastal Andhra region the call had no impact.
Police took hundreds of BJP activists and its affiliated organisations, Bajrang Dal and VHP, into custody when they tried to forcibly close some shops and stopped buses and other vehicles. Roads had comparatively thin traffic.
State BJP president Bandaru Dattatreya, national secretary Indrasena Reddy, party legislator G Kishan Reddy and other leaders were taken into custody when they tried to barge into the secretariat, which functioned normally. In the morning, Indrasena Reddy tried to lead one group inside the secretariat but the security closed the gate and Dattatreya and others repeated the same in the afternoon.
The policemen, led by <b>Deputy Commissioner Shaikh Mohammed Iqbal, took the demonstrators into custody. </b>About 100 workers were taken into custody in the afternoon, he said.
Earlier, the BJP leaders laid flowers at the scene of the blast at Gokul Chat at Kothi and observed two-minutes silence as a mark of respect for the victims. Later, they held a demonstration on the road and shouted slogans against Pakistan and Bangladesh, ISI and its agents. They also burnt the effigy of terrorism and the flags of Pakistan and Bangladesh. "Down with ISI, down with terrorism," they shouted
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<b>The BJP strike call affected the normal life in Nalgonda, Medak, Karimnagar, Warangal, Nizamabad and Adilabad districts. But the port city of Visakhapatnam and commercial capital Vijayawada remained unaffected</b>.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Pioneer.com
Omer Farooq | Hyderabad
The Statewide strike called by the BJP in protest against Saturday's deadly blasts in Hyderabad evoked a mixed response in Andhra Pradesh. While in Hyderabad, it was almost total with people responding spontaneously and keeping shops and business establishments closed, it had partial impact in the districts of Telangana. However, in the coastal Andhra region the call had no impact.
Police took hundreds of BJP activists and its affiliated organisations, Bajrang Dal and VHP, into custody when they tried to forcibly close some shops and stopped buses and other vehicles. Roads had comparatively thin traffic.
State BJP president Bandaru Dattatreya, national secretary Indrasena Reddy, party legislator G Kishan Reddy and other leaders were taken into custody when they tried to barge into the secretariat, which functioned normally. In the morning, Indrasena Reddy tried to lead one group inside the secretariat but the security closed the gate and Dattatreya and others repeated the same in the afternoon.
The policemen, led by <b>Deputy Commissioner Shaikh Mohammed Iqbal, took the demonstrators into custody. </b>About 100 workers were taken into custody in the afternoon, he said.
Earlier, the BJP leaders laid flowers at the scene of the blast at Gokul Chat at Kothi and observed two-minutes silence as a mark of respect for the victims. Later, they held a demonstration on the road and shouted slogans against Pakistan and Bangladesh, ISI and its agents. They also burnt the effigy of terrorism and the flags of Pakistan and Bangladesh. "Down with ISI, down with terrorism," they shouted
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<b>The BJP strike call affected the normal life in Nalgonda, Medak, Karimnagar, Warangal, Nizamabad and Adilabad districts. But the port city of Visakhapatnam and commercial capital Vijayawada remained unaffected</b>.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->