The Telangana bandh called by students of Osmania University against the conduct of APPSC exams on September 5 evoked partial response in the state capital and elsewhere, even as protesters targeted state-owned buses and pelted stones at them. The day-long bandh, called by Osmania University students and supported by political parties like the Telangana Rashtriya Samithi, began at 9.30 AM. As soon as the bandh began, protesters and students targeted state-run Andhra Pradesh State Road Transport Corporation (APSRTC) buses in capital Hyderabad, Karimnagar and other cities in the sensitive Telangana region. A bus was set on fire in Karimnagar and stones were also pelted at several buses at various places in the region. The students gave the bandh call in protest against the Andhra Pradesh Public Service Commission exams scheduled for Sunday and threatened to disrupt them. They are demanding a 42 per cent quota for students from the Telangana region in the APPSC jobs. But, the exams began at various centres across the state amid elaborate security arrangements. TRS activists and other Telangana supporters held sit-in in front of bus stations in Warangal, Karimnagar, Nalgonda and other districts. However, the city buses were operating almost normally in Hyderabad.
STUDENTS TARGET BUSES DURING TELANGANA BANDH
The Telangana bandh called by students of Osmania University against the conduct of APPSC exams on September 5 evoked partial response in the state capital and elsewhere, even as protesters targeted state-owned buses and pelted stones at them.
