Overview

• Police ringed the homes of senior BRS figures early, with the party alleging house arrests, while officials described the deployments as bandobast and said leaders had already departed.
• BRS leaders boarded RTC buses from Rathifile and Mehdipatnam, reached Bus Bhavan, and handed a memorandum to Managing Director N. Nagireddy seeking an immediate rollback.
• Barricades and restrictions around RTC X Roads led to scuffles and multiple detentions, with only a few senior leaders allowed inside the TGSRTC premises.
• TGSRTC raised Hyderabad city-bus fares from October 6 by Rs 5 for the first three stages and Rs 10 from the fourth stage onward, citing operational needs including electric-bus expansion.
• The BRS says the hike burdens regular commuters by roughly Rs 500 a month, calls the move anti-poor, alleges a push toward privatisation, and vows to continue its agitation.