N. Raghveera Reddy was taken into custody and released

Andhra Pradesh Congress Committee president N. Raghveera Reddy was taken into custody and bundled into to a mini bus while he was staging a rasta roko near busy Benz Circle here on Friday

Mahila Congress president Sunkara Padmasri, PCC general secretary N. Narasimha Rao and NSUI State president Rajiv Ratna, who were staging protest demanding Special Category Status for the State, were also taken into custody at Skew Bridge and released later.

Addressing a press conference at Andhra Ratna Bhavan later, Mr. Raghuveera Reddy said that party workers were ready to make any sacrifice for achieving SCS and bifurcation promises made to the State

He said this was the right time for all political parties to come together to fight for SCS. When 14 political parties were ready to agitate for SCS , the TDP and YSR Congress Party should also shift their camp to Delhi.

He said that YSR Congress Party president Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy should put his padyatra on hold for a while and support the agitation that was going on in New Delhi. Similarly, Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu should go to Delhi and join the all-party protest.