Tension prevailed in Tarnaka as students pelted stones at Mr Naidu’s convoy in the morning as he began his Rythu Poru Bata Padayatra. Around 50 Osm-ania University students gathered at the ground adjacent to Tarnaka ring road and pelted stones when Mr Naidu was passing. Others pelted stones from the Aradhana theatre side.
Police had to lob tear gas shells to quell the agitating students at the Tarnaka flyover. They said no one was hurt in the incident and no arrests were made. Mr Naidu’s entry into Warangal district was marked by violence, particularly at Narsempet, Nekkonda and Jangaon where local activists of the Telangana Rashtra Samiti and the Telangana Joint Action Committee clashed with local activists of the TD and pelted stones at buses carrying party supporters to Palaku-rthy, the culmination point of Mr Naidu’s yatra.
Never spoke against Telangana: Naidu
In his public address at the MPP Ground in Palakurthy, Telugu Desam chief N. Chandrababu Naidu said, “I have never spoken aga-inst Telangana statehood.” Mr Naidu said that the TD is the party of weaker sections of society and has always stood for development. “Our party will take up the fight on behalf of the farmers by joining hands with national level parties,” he said.
“I am with you always. I have come here to understand your problems and will fight till you get justice,” the former CM promised, even as the farmers poured out their woes. On Telangana, Mr Naidu said, that he was not against Telangana. “It is the responsibility of the Congress to take a decision on the statehood issue as it has the authority,” he said.
The Leader of Opposition spit fire at the TRS for trying to block his Warangal district tour that was meant to console farmers in distress. “We shall not be cowed down by petty protests by some mobs and shall fight for the farmers. If TRS has any shame, it too should support us in this regard,” Mr Naidu said. He also warned that whoever tried to harm the TD would themselves be wiped out. Earlier, Mr Naidu got farmers all along the padayatra route to speak about the problems they faced even as heavy deployment of over 3,000 police personnel remained on alert to foil any untoward incident in Palakurthy.
Along the route, in Nekkonda, scores of rival TD and TRS/TJAC supporters clashed at the government high school. Twenty two-wheelers were damaged, a bus was burnt while Nekkonda police station head constable V.K. Sambaiah and ex-MPTC M Ramu were injured. In Narsampet, stone-pelting by local TRS-TJAC supporters damaged 17 Palakurthy-bound vehicles injuring eight people.
Mr Naidu's convey was also attacked at Jangaon town by about 100 people wielding empty beer bottles and stones. Police had to resort to a lathi-charge. Three people were injured including a reporter. Five students who tried to throw slippers and water sachets at Mr Naidu were beaten up by TD activists before cops rescued them.
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