Telugu Desam Party (TDP) President and former Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu and CPI State Secretary K Narayana were arrested by the police when they tried to lay siege to the Secretariat after completion of the Maha Dharna organised on the farmers’ issue, here today. Mr Naidu and Mr Narayana were taken into preventive custody along with several leaders of their parties and farmers organisations when they tried to march towards the Secretariat to meet the Chief Minister on the farmers issue. However, the leaders were prevented by the police. The former Chief Minister, Mr Narayana and others were later arrested and shifted them to Banjara Hills police station. Objecting the police action, the leaders said they were going to meet the Chief Minister to submit a memorandum. Mr Naidu launched a scathing attack on the Congress government for leaving the farmers in lurch.
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