Demanding their resignations, Telangana protesters on Thursday laid siege to the residences of Congress ministers and legislators in the region while the “people’s strike” continued for the 17th day. The police arrested dozens of
activists of the Telangana JAC for trying to barge into the houses of ruling Congress ministers and state legislators in Hyderabad and nine other districts of Telangana. Raising slogans of “Jai Telangana”, leaders and workers of the TRS, the BJP and other constituents of the JAC laid siege to the houses of public representatives. The protest was called by the JAC to condemn what it calls the silence of Congress leaders on the Telangana issue and also the power cuts imposed on farmers in the region due to the strike in Singareni Collieries. — IANS