<p>Two Congress MPs were attacked and some police and media vehicles were also targeted during the protest march.<br /><br />Removing barricades, barbed wire fencing and clashing with security personnel despite elaborate arrangements, the Telangana supporters gathered on the about three-km-long Tank Bund on the banks of the picturesque Hussain Sagar lake.<br /><br />Several MLAs and other leaders from all major political parties including TDP, TRS and BJP and Telangana political Joint Action Committee (JAC) were taken into custody by police.<br /><br />Congress MPs K Keshav Rao and Madhu Yashki Goud, who came to participate in the event, were attacked with water bottles, chappals and had to leave the place. Goud said a wrong impression has been created among Telangana supporters that a Constitutional crisis triggered by resignations of leaders would pave way for formation of separate Telangana.<br /><br />The attack could have been done by such people who believed so, he said.<br />At the Tank Bund road, Telangana supporters set on fire two police vehicles and destroyed the statues of some great Telugu personalities.<br /><br />Telangana supporters have often complained that great personalities from Telangana were ignored and those from non- Telangana regions got importance while statues were installed.<br /><br />Some mediapersons and their vehicles and equipment also had to face the ire of the angry crowds. Some cameras and other equipment were thrown into the lake.<br /><br />'Jai Telangana' slogans, songs and drum-beats hailing Telangana reverberated on the Tank Bund road. The Telangana supporters, including TRS president K Chandrasekhar Rao and senior BJP leader Bandaru Dattatreya, took a pledge to work for separate Telangana.<br /><br />Describing the 'march' as a success, Telangana political JAC Convener M Kodandaram said it reflected the aspirations of people of the region.<br /><br />The attacks on Congress MPs and statues is not justifiable but it could have been done by the people in anger, he said, adding policemen in plain-clothes could have been behind the attacks.<br /><br />Meanwhile, traffic diversions and restrictions threw life out of gear in the city as office-goers had a tough time reaching their destinations especially in the morning hours.<br /><br />Shops and other commercial establishments remained closed especially on the roads near the State Secretariat and Legislative Assembly.<br /><br />The JAC Convener alleged that police took thousands of Telangana supporters into illegal custody in the last few days in their attempt to foil the 'march'.</p>
<p>Two Congress MPs were attacked and some police and media vehicles were also targeted during the protest march.<br /><br />Removing barricades, barbed wire fencing and clashing with security personnel despite elaborate arrangements, the Telangana supporters gathered on the about three-km-long Tank Bund on the banks of the picturesque Hussain Sagar lake.<br /><br />Several MLAs and other leaders from all major political parties including TDP, TRS and BJP and Telangana political Joint Action Committee (JAC) were taken into custody by police.<br /><br />Congress MPs K Keshav Rao and Madhu Yashki Goud, who came to participate in the event, were attacked with water bottles, chappals and had to leave the place. Goud said a wrong impression has been created among Telangana supporters that a Constitutional crisis triggered by resignations of leaders would pave way for formation of separate Telangana.<br /><br />The attack could have been done by such people who believed so, he said.<br />At the Tank Bund road, Telangana supporters set on fire two police vehicles and destroyed the statues of some great Telugu personalities.<br /><br />Telangana supporters have often complained that great personalities from Telangana were ignored and those from non- Telangana regions got importance while statues were installed.<br /><br />Some mediapersons and their vehicles and equipment also had to face the ire of the angry crowds. Some cameras and other equipment were thrown into the lake.<br /><br />'Jai Telangana' slogans, songs and drum-beats hailing Telangana reverberated on the Tank Bund road. The Telangana supporters, including TRS president K Chandrasekhar Rao and senior BJP leader Bandaru Dattatreya, took a pledge to work for separate Telangana.<br /><br />Describing the 'march' as a success, Telangana political JAC Convener M Kodandaram said it reflected the aspirations of people of the region.<br /><br />The attacks on Congress MPs and statues is not justifiable but it could have been done by the people in anger, he said, adding policemen in plain-clothes could have been behind the attacks.<br /><br />Meanwhile, traffic diversions and restrictions threw life out of gear in the city as office-goers had a tough time reaching their destinations especially in the morning hours.<br /><br />Shops and other commercial establishments remained closed especially on the roads near the State Secretariat and Legislative Assembly.<br /><br />The JAC Convener alleged that police took thousands of Telangana supporters into illegal custody in the last few days in their attempt to foil the 'march'.</p>