Hyderabad, Aug 17 :
The police have foiled the attempts of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) workers attempts to picket the state assembly on Monday in protest against rising prices of essential commodities.
The BJP workers under the leadership of senior leader M Venkaiah Naidu began their rally from Baghlingampally rising slogans against government’s total failure on controlling prices of essential commodities.
When the workers who came in rally tried to picket the assembly, the police gave work to their lathis.
The police took BJP leader Venkaiah Naidu and Rajiv Pratap Rudy into custody when they proceeded towards Assembly to register protest against soaring prices.
Tension gripped the assembly premises in the morning hour as the BJP workers came in a procession. The police have tough time to maintain law and order in the assembly premises.