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Congress Workers Torch BRS Office in Manugur

A years-long dispute over the Manugur party office’s ownership underlies the confrontation.

Overview

  • Videos shared by BRS supporters showed people carrying Congress flags storming the building, hoisting their flag as furniture burned.
  • Firefighters extinguished the blaze and security was deployed, while reports differ on whether police managed to control the crowd.
  • BRS leaders condemned the attack, with KT Rama Rao calling it lawlessness and saying he would meet party workers in Manugur.
  • BRS district president Rega Kantha Rao alleged instigation by local Congress leaders, including MLA Payam Venkateswarlu, as police had not confirmed arrests or casualty figures.
  • Congress leaders said they were reclaiming a premises they contend was seized after Kantha Rao joined BRS and converted the site into Telangana Bhavan.