In a dramatic escalation of political tensions, the Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) on Thursday took its protest against the Telangana Road Transport Corporation (TGSRTC) fare hike to the streets. Amid police restrictions, party leaders boarded RTC buses as part of the “Chalo Bus Bhavan” protest, demanding a rollback of the fare hike and terming it “anti-poor, unjust and part of a conspiracy to privatise the corporation.”

Police forces were deployed in large numbers at the residences of BRS working president KT Rama Rao, senior leaders T Harish Rao, Talasani Srinivas Yadav, P Sabitha Indra Reddy and other elected representatives and senior leaders since early morning. They were briefly placed under house arrest before being allowed to board the buses.

Later, BRS leaders boarded public buses

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