Jagga Reddy Arrested While Going to OU Campus

Hyderabad, May 1 (Maxim News): Congress MLA Toorpu Jagga Reddy was arrested by the police here today. He was arrested while going to the Osmania University to express his solidarity with the arrested NSUI State president Balmuri Venkat Rao. He was taken to the Banjara Hills police station.

Speaking to media persons at the police station, Jagga Reddy said they were trying to hold a meeting of their party leader Rahul Gandhi on the OU campus through legal means and added that OU JAC leaders led by its chairman Manavata Rai were making efforts to get permission for their leader’s meeting at OU. He said they would announce their action plan after consulting with AICC State incharge Manickam Tagore if they did not get permission legally.

Jagga Reddy made it clear that they would take Rahul Gandhi to OU even if the police stop them from doing so. He alleged that the university authorities denied permission for Rahul Gandhi’s meeting as they were scared that problems of the university would come to the fore . He said their objective was to find out the problems being faced by the students by holding Rahul’s meeting on the campus. He also said he would once again meet the OU Vice Chancellor and urge him to grant permission. (Maxmi News)

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