Congress leader and AICC secretary V Hanumantha Rao staged a silent protest (Mouna Deeksha) in front of Mahatma Gandhi statue located inside the Gandhi Bhavan.
VH alleged that there was no Mahatma Gandhi’s picture in the calendar published by the Union government and published Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s picture. Another leader and MLC Ponguleti Sudhakar Reddy and several other party leaders sat along with VH tying black ribbon to their mouths. (NSS)