The Telugu Desam Party (TDP) leaders and Janasena parties have called Avanigadda bandh in the wake of YSRCP MLA Simhadri Ramesh's attack on Janasena workers who were protesting peacefully a day ago. The Police was deployed in large number in order to maintain tranquillity in the region.
Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) MLC K Kavitha on Tuesday said the farmers in Telangana will vote in favour of Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao in the upcoming Assembly elections, adding that the state-sponsored 'Rythu Bandhu' scheme has made a difference to their lives and living.
"Democracy can never be strengthened by dividing the society. I believe that the society as a whole can progress by unity and social harmony. Ram Manohar Lohia dictum 'dam bandho (fix prices), jati todo (break caste)' is needed in contemporary times," He added.
Amid the protests and dispute around the sharing of Cauvery water with neighbouring Karnataka, traders in DMK-ruled Tamil Nadu downed shutters of about 12,000 shops and commercial establishments in the Nagapattinam district on Wednesday morning.
Opposing the privatization of Nagarnar steel plant, the ruling Congress party has called for a Bastar district bandh in Chhattisgarh on Tuesday, coinciding with Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to the district.
Telangana Minister KTR, while participating in the launch of silt carting vehicles under the Dalit Bandhu scheme in Hyderabad, hit out at the Swachh Bharat Mission of Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday.
All schools and colleges will remain closed on Saturday in Mandya and Bengaluru in view of 'Karnataka Bandh' being called by various farmer organizations over the Cauvery water row issue.
As pro-Kannada and farmers' organisations have called for a 'Karnataka Bandh' on Friday to protest the release of Cauvery water to neighbouring Tamil Nadu, Bengaluru Police Commissioner B Dayananda on Thursday said that the Freedom Park is the sanctioned location for protests and rallies in
"As Karnataka bandh has been declared by various organizations, a holiday has been declared for all schools and colleges in Bengaluru city in the interest of students," said KA Dayananda, Bengaluru City District Deputy Commissioner.
Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah expressed his disappointment on the recommendation of the Cauvery Water Regulation Committee (CWRC) which has directed Karnataka to ensure the release of 3000 cusecs of Cauvery water at Biligundlu starting from September 28 upto October 15, 2023.
"Today a dead rat was found in one of the breakfast packets from the meals supplied to the police assigned for duty in the ongoing Bengaluru Bandh and protests in the Cauvery water dispute," said Joint Commissioner of Traffic Police Anucheth.