Protests to greet Modi in Telangana on Saturday

Hyderabad: Even as Prime Minister Narendra Modi landed in Visakhapatnam on Friday, starting his short tour of the Telugu States, protests against his visit to Telangana on Saturday grew louder with several organisations staging protests on Friday and others calling for more protests on Saturday.

In Peddapalli district, where the Ramagundam Fertilizers and Chemicals Limited is located, and where Modi is slated to address a public meeting on Saturday, Singareni trade unions, which have decided to observe a Ramagundam coal belt area bandh on Saturday, took out bike rallies in Godavarikhani town on Friday. Telangana Boggu Ghani Karmika Sangham (TBGKS), AITUC and the CPI took out the rallies, raising slogans saying ‘Modi Go Back’.