Hyderabad, September 28: Finance Minister Anam Ramnarayana Reddy tasted the Telangana agitators’ protest for a while on Tuesday when his vehicle reached the State Secretariat. The minister’s vehicle was blocked and the Telangana staff asked the driver to get out of the car. However, the driver did not oblige and sped away with the car.
The protestors also did not allow the officials’ cars to proceed to their respective destinations stopping them as the vehicles entered the main gate. The official vehicle drivers, as part of the Sakala Janula Samme which entered 15th day, kept off from their duties on Tuesday. When their vehicles entered the Secretariat at In Gate the Telangana leaders blocked them and motivated the drivers to leave the four-wheelers on the spot.
Following their directions the drivers left the official vehicles leaving the officers in their cars. Some of the officers drove the cars to their respective blocks while others who were new to driving walked the distance to reach their offices.
Later, the striking staff took out a rally and observed a sit-in near the main entrance raising slogans in support of Telangana. They also demonstrated in front of the Chief Minister’s office at C-Block and raised pro-Telangana slogans.
At Vanashalipuram, the Telangana agitators attacked the buses which were bound for Secretariat to transport the employees. Enraged by the special arrangements for picking up the Secretariat employees, the agitators stopped and damaged the buses breaking wind shields.
——Agencies