TJS chief Kodandaram arrested over Nalamala protest

Hyderabad: The police have arrested Telangana Jana Samithi (TJS) president M Kodandaram on Wednesday.

Kodandaram has gone to Nallamala forest to mark a protest over the government decision allowing Uranium mining in the Nallamala region. The police have taken TJS chief into custody along with Congress party leaders Chikkudu Vamshi and Kodanda Reddy.

In this context, Kodandaram has expressed outrage over the government that it's behaving unconstitutionally and obstructing freedom of expression. He added that as per Article 19, they have the right to freedom to expression. He said it is worst on governments part to arrest them while they were conducting a peaceful protest.