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Telangana: Police Arrest BJP Chief, Foil His ‘Jagarana Deeksha’
New Delhi: Police foiled BJP chief and Karimnagar MP Bandi Sanjay Kumar’s protest late on Sunday, January 2, evening for alleged violation of COVID-19 guidelines sending him to judicial remand for 14 days on Monday, January 3, following his arrest.
Nearly 120 BJP cadres and leaders were taken into preventive custody for taking part in “unauthorised gathering”, said Karimnagar police commissioner V. Satyanarayana, according to The Hindu.
The BJP chief had proposed to take up Jagarana Deeksha (overnight protest) from 9 pm on January 2 to 5 am on January at his office in Karimnagar town against “controversial” government order, GO 317, issued by the TRS government to enable an “arbitra