Hyderabad: A few Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) supporters tried to block Union Home Minister Amit Shah’s convey while he was on his way to address a public meeting at Adilabad on Tuesday.
They waved black flags and balloons as soon as the convoy arrived in the district, in protest against the Centre to demand the establishment of Cement Corporation of India.
Centre promised Cement Factory in 2018
In 2018, the Bharatiya Janata Party pledged to reopen the cement factory unit. However, the Centre later awarded the bids to other states, leading to ongoing calls for its revival.
The cement factory stopped operations in 1996 due to a lack of working capital and officially shut down in 2008, offering voluntary retirement options to its employees. Subsequently, nearly 75 employees pursued legal action.
Telangana minister KTR and residents of Adilabad have requested the Centre to revive the cement factory.
Aiming to highlight their demands during Amit Shah’s visit to Adilabad, locals have put up posters with the message to reopen CCI.
The protesters raised slogans like “Amit Shah go back,” and “we want KCR.” However, the cops intervened and cleared the road for the Union home minister’s motorcade.
Amit Shah was in Telangana to address a rally and attend the ‘convention of intellectuals’. The BJP in Telangana is hopeful that its campaign for the assembly polls will again momentum with Shah’s visit.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi attended development programmes and addressed two rallies at Mahabubnagar and Nizamabad in Telangana earlier this month.
Modi had then announced setting up a National Turmeric Board, a long-pending demand of turmeric farmers in Nizamabad, and a Central Tribal University in the state. The establishment of a Central Tribal University is an assurance mentioned in the Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Act.
Several senior BJP leaders are expected to take part in the party’s campaign for the assembly polls.
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