TRS, BJP youth wing leaders clash in Karimnagar

INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Karimnagar: A surcharged atmosphere prevailed here after activists of the Telangana Rashtra Samiti Vidhyarthi (TRSV), the students wing of
the TRS, and BJP Yuva Morcha (BJYM) clashed at Telangana Chowk on Sunday.Tension was prevailing in the district for the past few days as
leaders of TRS and BJP were on a confrontation course and the two parties aiming to establish supremacy over each other
Notably, right from the beginning when Karimnagar MP Bandi Sanjay Kumar took charge as state BJP chief, he raised the political heat and
started targeting Chief Minister K
A few days ago, TRS and BJP leaders clashed with each other in Metpally and Korutla in Jagtial district over sharply critical comments made
Vidyasagar Rao, against the BJP and questioned the need to donate to the Ram mandir in Ayodhya.Activists of both the parties came out onto
the roads, staged dharnas, burned effigies and took out rallies across the united Karimnagar district in support of their leaders
On Sunday, when the TRSV leaders tried to burn an effigy of Sanjay, BJYM leaders confronted them
Two Town circle inspector Laxman Babu fell down while in action and TRSV leaders Ponnam Anil Kumar and Naradasu Vasanth Rao were injured
Activists of both sides were arrested and taken to the police station
attacked them from behind, and right in front of the cops
unit president Boinapally Praveen alleged that when they were staging a protest against the TRS government, TRSV men tried to burn the
effigy of BJP state chief
said.