The ongoing tussle between the Bharatiya Janata Party and the Telangana Rashtra Samithi over paddy procurement issue took an ugly turn on Monday, when the TRS cadres hurled eggs and stones at the convoy of state BJP president and Karimnagar MP Bandi Sanjay in Nalgonda district.
Sanjay began a two-day tour in Nalgonda and Suryapet districts on Monday to understand the problems in paddy procurement and interact with the farmers.
But the TRS ranks in Nalgonda stiffly resisted his entry into the district demanding that he should first force the Centre to purchase paddy.
As Sanjay reached the procurement centre at Arjala Baavi village, the TRS activists staged a demonstration holding black flags to prevent him from entering the village. They hurled eggs and stones at the BJP leader’s convoy.
The TRS workers raised – “Bandi Sanjay go back” – slogans. The BJP workers also launched a counter demonstration, resulting in a clash between the two groups. The BJP workers, too, raised slogans against the TRS government and local MLA Bhupal Reddy.
The police, who assembled there in large numbers, entered the scene and quickly brought the situation under control by dispersing the warring activists of both the parties.
Even while the BJP state president was returning from the procurement centre, the TRS workers hurled eggs at his vehicle.
The BJP workers staged a dharna on the road demanding that the police arrested the TRS workers.