Overview
- Police detained state BJP president N. Ramchander Rao and several workers as they attempted to march to the Telangana Assembly in Hyderabad.
- Officers intercepted groups at multiple locations to foil the planned 'Assembly Siege' over what the BJP calls non-implementation of Congress' six guarantees.
- Rao was taken to Panjagutta Police Station, where party leaders arrived to express solidarity.
- Rao and the state BJP accused the government of trying to stifle dissent and misusing state machinery against protesters.
- Union Minister of State for Home Affairs Bandi Sanjay Kumar condemned the action as political vendetta and sought immediate, unconditional release, with the BJP indicating plans to intensify protests.