Telangana Congress leader SA Sampat detained & arrested over 'Jal Deeksha' programme

Congress leer and former MLA SA Sampat Kumar was detained by police at his residence in Shanti Nagar in Vdepalli Mandal on Tuesday which was also Telangana State Formation Day. He was n shifted him to Maldakal police station. This comes as Congress party h planned a 'Jal Deeksha' programme as a mark of protest and to inspect ongoing work at irrigation projects. Sampat Kumar warned K Chandrashekar Rao led Telangana Rashtra Samiti (TRS) that ir 'Jal Deeksha' will continue and body can stop m.

State Congress president and Lok Sabha member N Uttam Kumar Reddy claimed that he and his party leers were illegally detained by police. 

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"Myself, K Venkat Reddy, MP, and K Jana Reddy, former Home Minister, were illegally detained by police... I was told that or Congress leers across state were also illegally detained," Uttam Kumar Reddy said.

A senior police official said y were detained as lockdown rms stipulated that large garings or political meetings will t be allowed.

Later, Congress leers std a sit-in protest at residence of Rammohan Reddy but y were t allowed re which le to verbal brawl and scuffle between both groups. y were detained and taken to Changomul police station.

Jal Deeksha programme was planned by state unit of Congress party to highlight ir allegation that TRS government in state did t take up works of various irrigation projects which were sanctioned during Congress rule before state formation.

state Congress president alleged that TRS government has t completed projects started before 2014 (prior to formation of Telangana) during n Congress regime. 

Telangana, which came into existence on June 2, 2014, celebrated its formation day on Tuesday.

(With inputs from ncies)

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