Kodandaram, Chada arrested at Elkathurthy

The police today arrested Telagnana Jana Samithi (TJS) chief Prof. M Kodandaram and CPI State secretary Chada Venkat Reddy when they staged a protest in support of farmers demanding that the State government solve the problems of the farmers at Elkathurthy in Warangal Urban district here on Thursday.
The Left Parties and TJS unitedly staged a Sadak Bandh and made a sit-in on the Karimnagar-Warangal and Siddipet-Warangal national highways. As part of it, Kodandaram and Chada staged dharna on the road at Elkathurthy. The police in large numbers rushed to the spot and arrested both the leaders and released later. (NSS)