September 11th 2023.
On Monday morning, a day-long shutdown was called by the opposition Telugu Desam Party (TDP) to protest the arrest of its supremo and former Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu in an alleged skill development scam. The TDP leaders and workers came out on streets at different places, condemning the arrest of Naidu.
The protest was marked by police placing several top leaders of the party under house arrest. Police also clamped prohibitory orders banning rallies, processions and meetings across the state after the court in Vijayawada sent Naidu to judicial custody for 14 days.
Defying Section 144 of CrPC, the TDP cadres took to streets in Kuppam town of Chittoor district. The protesters staged a road blockade by burning tyres and placing boulders on the highway. Police arrested the protesters and shifted them to the police station.
Tension also prevailed at the RTC complex in Srikakulam as TDP workers tried to stop RTC buses from plying. Police took the protesters into custody. Similar protests were also held at the RTC bus stand in Vizianagaram district.
In Tirupati, police arrested the TDP leaders, including women who sat on the road, raising slogans against the YSR Congress government. Police personnel were deployed outside the house of Ichchapuram MLA B. Ashok in Ramayyapeta in Srikakulam district.
The shutdown was called by TDP state president K. Atchannaidu on Sunday night. He said that the bandh call is to protest against the ‘illegal’ arrest of Chandrababu Naidu, brutal attacks on TDP cadres and Chief Minister Jagan Mohan Reddy’s politics of vendetta. He appealed to people, various organisations and "all those who believe in democracy to voluntarily participate in the bandh to save democracy".
Naidu was arrested by the CID in Nandyal on Saturday. He was produced before a court in Vijayawada Sunday morning. Jana Sena Party headed by actor politician Pawan Kalyan and the Left parties have announced support to the shutdown call.
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