Chalo Assembly Rally Leads to Tense Situation

The Left Parties organized 'Chalo Assembly' rally in protest of the power crisis in the state, created tense situation near Seretariat on wednesday. Thousands of protestors, who reached the Capital from all over the state with an intention to lay siege to the Secretariat.

The state govenment has deployed heavy police force to combat the situation. All the fourteen routes l\eading to the secretariat have been barricaded and traffic in these routes have been either diverted or regulated. The police have arrested CPI leader Narayana at Telugu Thalli statue near Secretariat, CPM leader Raghavulu near Liberty Junction, who were trying to lead the mob to secretariat.

However the protestors marched towards secretariat in a bid to storm the premises. police had a tough time in containing the protestors, who tried gate crash and enter the secretariat. Somehow, the police foiled their attempt by using mild force and the situation though in contole, still continues to be tense.