Hyderabad: BC associations demanded 42% reservation for backward classes brought normal life to a standstill across Telangana.
BRS leaders staged a sit-in, raising slogans demanding the implementation of 42% reservation. In Hyderabad, workers and leaders from various parties actively participated in the protests.
Government and private institutions remained closed voluntarily, while the bandh received widespread support from all sections of society and political parties.
BRS leaders and cadres joined in large numbers, with former ministers Talsani Srinivas Yadav, Gangula Kamalakar, V. Srinivas Goud and several others leading a rally from Telangana Bhavan to RTC Cross Roads.