HYDERABAD: (PTI) Top leaders and scores of workers of all major opposition parties in Andhra Pradesh were arrested today when they tried to march towards the Raj Bhavan to stage a protest demanding immediate reduction in prices of petroleum products.
The arrested included Telugu Desam Party (TDP) President N Chandrababu Naidu, All India Forward Block leader C Biswas, Telangana Rashtra Samiti President K Chandrasekhar Rao, CPM state secretary B V Raghavulu, CPI state secretary K Narayana and Rajya Sabha member M V Mysura Reddy (TDP).
They were taken away to the Banjara Hills police station. All opposition parties had planned a 'Chalo Raj Bhavan' programme as part of a nation-wide protest demanding immediate reduction in prices of petrol, diesel and LPG.
Thousands of opposition workers gathered near the Khairatabad Railway Station junction to march towards the Raj Bhavan, located less than a kilometer away.
Police were also deployed in massive strength to thwart the opposition's programme.
As protesters began their march, police began arresting them at different places en route.
Naidu and other leaders were arrested and whisked away to the police station when they were about to reach Raj Bhavan to meet the Governor.
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