Overview
- BRS called a shutdown in Karimnagar to protest alleged BJP attacks on the Karimnagar MLA’s camp office and on Huzurabad MLA Padi Kaushik Reddy.
- Police placed local MLA Gangula Kamalakar under house arrest, then moved him to a police station after blocking the entrance to his residence.
- BRS workers waved black flags and shouted slogans outside Kamalakar’s house, and officers detained the demonstrators.
- With a large force on the streets, police also arrested agitating BRS workers at Tower Circle.
- The parties issued opposing messages to traders, with BRS seeking voluntary shop closures and BJP urging business owners not to back the bandh.