Hyderabad: TRS activists and party workers staged a protest in front of the State BJP office in Hyderabad on Wednesday. TRS protests demanding to sack Minister of State for Tribal Affairs Er Bishweswar Tudu, the protesters raised slogans against the BJP government at the Centre.

Leaders and workers of various frontal organizations of TRS staged a sit-in in front of BJP office in Nampally to protest against the Centre for misleading the Parliament on reservation for Scheduled Tribes. BJP workers also came out of the office and tried to counter the TRS men. The two groups almost came to blows but the police intervened to control the situation.

Police arrested TRS workers and shifted them to different police stations in the city. TRS leaders alleged that the Centre’s stand amount to insulting the tribals. The leaders said the Centre’s statement was shocking as the Ministry of Tribal Affairs had written back to the state Government that it has no objection to raising the quantum of ST reservation.