Overview
- Hyderabad City Police refused permission for the planned BRS-backed march between Secunderabad Railway Station and MG Road and deployed heavy forces in the area.
- T. Harish Rao condemned what he called preventive arrests and police obstruction, demanding the immediate release of detained participants.
- The proposed rally sought a Secunderabad Municipal Corporation distinct from GHMC to protect the locality’s identity and improve administration.
- K.T. Rama Rao and party leaders were slated to join civil organisations, NGOs, residential welfare groups and traders’ associations in a peaceful demonstration.
- Leaders including Talasani Srinivas Yadav cited the shift of the North Zone police commissioner’s office to Malkajgiri and recent commissionerate mergers as threats to Secunderabad’s identity, with a High Court petition signaled if permissions continue to be denied.